彥

See also: 彦

Translingual

Han character

彥 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹竹竹竹 (YHHHH), four-corner 0022₂, composition ⿱文⿸厂彡)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9980
• Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 854, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5F65

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Chinese

trad.		彥
simp.		彦*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁶
    • Yale: yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān
    • Tâi-lô: gān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡan³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡan²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjenH

Rime
Character	彥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚變切
Baxter	ngjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋianH/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛnH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋrar-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrans/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yàn
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjenH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋrar-s/
English	adornment
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彥
Reading #	1/1
No.	14411
Phonetic component	彦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	彥
Old Chinese	/*ŋrans/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 彥

1. elegant, handsome
2. learned

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Japanese

Kanji

彥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: げん (gen)
• Kun: ひこ (hiko, 彥)

Usage notes

This character lacks JIS support and is not used in Japan. See 彦 (U+5F66) instead.

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Korean

Hanja

彥 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn, Yale en)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 彥 (ngạn)

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