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彥

彥

See also: 彦

Translingual

Han character

彥 (radical 59 彡+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹竹竹竹 (YHHHH), four-corner 00222, composition ⿱文⿸厂彡)

References

  • KangXi: page 363, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9980
  • Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 854, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5F65

Chinese

trad. 彥
simp. 彦

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 彥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 仙 (79)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 魚變切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋˠiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋianH/
Li
Rong		 /ŋjɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngjenH ›
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

  1. elegant, handsome
  2. learned

Japanese

Kanji

彥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

彥 • ‎(eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune-Reischauer ŏn, Yale en)

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Vietnamese

Han character

彥 (ngạn, trân)

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