彦

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

• 𢞆 𢢋 𢱘 楌 𦞎 谚(諺) 𨩱 齴 𠦳 顔(颜) 𢵲

References

• KangXi: 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

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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; accomplished”). (This character, 彦, 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, 彦, 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.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	彦
Kyūjitai	彥

Kanji

彦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, 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”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ひこ​ [hìkóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[3]
• (Tokyo) ひこ [hìkó] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [çiko̞]

Noun

彦(ひこ) • (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

• 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

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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Korean

Hanja

彦 (eum 언 (eon))

1. Alternative form of 彥 (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.