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

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 363, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9981
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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 (“elegant, handsome; learned”).
(This character, 彦, is the simplified form of 彥.)
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 彦 – see 顏 (“forehead, especially the glabellar area; face; etc.”).
(This character, 彦, is the second-round simplified form of 顏.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
彦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. accomplished young man

Readings

Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
彦
ひこ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

⟨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”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

彦 (hiragana ひこ, rōmaji hiko)

  1. (euphemistic, poetic) a boy, young man; especially:
    1. a prince
    2. (historical) a chieftain in ancient Japan
    Antonym: 姫 (hime)

Usage notes

Usually found as a suffix in male given names.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 彦帯 (ひこおび) (hikoobi)
  • 天彦 (あまびこ) (amabiko)
  • 雨彦 (あまびこ) (amabiko)
  • 苺 (イチゴ) (ichigo)
  • 喉彦 (のどひこ) (nodohiko), 喉彦 (のどびこ) (nodobiko)

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Ishihara, Michihiro (1985-05-16) Shintei Gishi Wajinden: Chūgoku Seishi Nihonden (1) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN, pages 105-106
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