彦

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See also: 彥
彦 U+5F66, 彦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F66
← 彥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彧 →

Translingual

Han character

彦 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹竹竹竹 (YHHHH), composition ⿸产彡)

Derived characters

Additional Derived Characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 363, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9981
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 854, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5F66

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (彦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
喭 *ŋaːns, *ŋrans
鏟 *sŋ̊ʰreːnʔ, *sŋ̊ʰraːns
産 *sŋreːnʔ
簅 *sreːnʔ
摌 *sreːnʔ
嵼 *sŋreːnʔ
滻 *sŋreːnʔ
顏 *ŋraːn
楌 *ŋraːn
偐 *ŋraːns
齴 *ŋranʔ
遃 *ŋranʔ
嵃 *ŋranʔ
彦 *ŋrans
諺 *ŋrans

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 彦 – see 彥 (“person of virtue and ability”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 彥).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 彦 – see 顏 (“forehead, especially the glabellar area; countenance; facial expression; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 顏).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

彦

Kyūjitai

彥

Kanji

彦

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彥)

  1. accomplished young man

Readings

  • Go-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: げん (gen)
  • Kun: ひこ (hiko, 彦)
  • Nanori: お (o)、さと (sato)、ひこ (hiko)、ひろ (hiro)、やす (yasu)、よし (yoshi)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
彦
ひこ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
彥 (kyūjitai)

⟨pi1 ko1⟩ → */pʲikʷo/ → /fiko/ → /hiko/

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 日 (hi, “sun”, prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Pronunciation

Noun

彦(ひこ) • (hiko) 

  1. (euphemistic, poetic) a boy, young man; especially:
    Antonym: 姫 (hime, “princess”, literally “sun-woman”)
    1. a prince
    2. (historical) a chieftain in ancient Japan
      • 3rd century: 魏志倭人伝 (page 105-106)
        其大官曰卑狗、副曰卑奴母離
        The great palace is called peek woah; it is also called peek woah modee.
Usage notes

Usually found as a suffix in male given names.

Derived terms
See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Ishihara, Michihiro (1985 May 16) Shintei Gishi Wajinden: Chūgoku Seishi Nihonden (1) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN, pages 105-106

Korean

Hanja

彦 (eum 언 (eon))

  1. alternative form of 彥

References

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