彥

See also: 彦

彥	U+5F65, 彥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F65

← 彤
[U+5F64]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彦 →
[U+5F66]

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)

Derived characters

偐, 喭, 嵃, 楌, 諺, 齴, 遃, 顏

Additional derived characters

𫝏, 𡎑, 𪦎, 𰌭, 𢞆, 𢱘, 𣸥, 𰖙, 𣨹, 𬊰, 𪻾, 𦞎, 𮂉, 𰫮, 𧱱, 𨂪, 𫫹, 𩜽, 𬛝, 𩩷
𠦳, 𪵏, 𥀆, 𦫨, 𭛛, 𪃛, 𩠪, 𩕝, 𢒶, 𲖐, 𠷗, 𭔂, 𫈱, 𢢋

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

Chinese

trad.		彥
simp.		彦^*
alternative forms		彦

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋrans): phonetic 厂 (OC *hŋaːnʔ, *hŋaːns) + semantic 彣 (“variegated; literary talent”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngien / ngian

(Hailu, HRS): ngien^˖
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ngeng⁵ / ngieng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gān / giān

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngang⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yi

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/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngien
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋien³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ngeng⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɛŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ngeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɛŋ²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ngieng⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngiāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɛŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ngieng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɛŋ²¹/

Note:

ngeng5 - vernacular;
ngieng5 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān
  - Tâi-lô: gān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gan
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡan³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giān
  - Tâi-lô: giān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gien
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn³³/

Note:

gān - vernacular;
giān - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ngang⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngăng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ³⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yi
  - MiniDict: yi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/

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	/ŋˠiᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋian^H/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛn^H/
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	‹ ngjen^H ›
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

彥

(literary) person of virtue and ability
- 彼其之子，邦之彥兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  彼其之子，邦之彦兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bǐ qí zhī zǐ, bāng zhī yàn xī. [Pinyin]
  That officer,
  Is the ornament of the country.

Compounds

References

“彥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	彦
Kyūjitai	彥

Kanji

彥

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 彦)

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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.

Korean

Hanja

彥 (eum 언 (eon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

彥: Hán Nôm readings: ngạn

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