彦

See also: 彥

彦 U+5F66, 彦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F66 ← 彥 [U+5F65] CJK Unified Ideographs 彧 → [U+5F67]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 偐, 喭, 遃, 楌, 諺 (谚), 齴 (𫜮), 顔 (颜)

Additional derived characters

• 𢞆, 𢱘, 𣸥, 𦞎, 𨩱, 𩩷, 𠦳, 𡙓, 𢢋

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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

• 俊彦(しゅんげん) (shungen)
• 諸彦(しょげん) (shogen)

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

• IPA^(key): [çiko̞]
• (Tokyo) ひこ [hìkóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ひこ [hìkó] (Heiban – [0])

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

• 彦帯(ひこおび) (hikoobi)
• 彦星(ひこぼし) (Hikoboshi)
• 天彦(あまびこ) (amabiko)
• 雨彦(あまびこ) (amabiko)
• 苺(イチゴ) (ichigo) (possibly)
• 喉彦(のどひこ) (nodohiko), 喉彦(のどびこ) (nodobiko)
• 山彦(やまびこ) (yamabiko)

See also

• 王子(おうじ) (ōji, “prince”)
• 王(おう) (ō, “king”)
• 息子(むすこ) (musuko, “son”)
• 男(おとこ) (otoko, “man”)
• 若君(わかぎみ) (wakagimi)

References

• “^▲彦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

彦 (eum 언 (eon))

1. alternative form of 彥

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 29. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

彦: Hán Việt readings: ngạn
彦: Nôm readings: ngàn, ngán, ngậm, nghiện

1. alternative form of 彥
2. chữ Nôm form of ngán (“to be bored”)
3. chữ Nôm form of ngàn (“thousand”)
4. chữ Nôm form of nghìn (“thousand”)
5. chữ Nôm form of nghiện (“to be addicted to”)

Compounds

• 彦喁 (ngán ngùng)
• 彦𡄎 (ngán ngẩm)
• 彦󰁴 (nghiện ngập)
• 敖彦 (ngao ngán)