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彦

彦

See also: 彥

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 彦 – see 彥.
(This character, 彦, is the simplified form of 彥.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

彦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
彦
ひこ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Originally /pi1ko1/. *[piko]] → [ɸiko] → [hiko]. Compound of 日 ‎(hi, “sun”) +‎ 子 ‎(ko, “child; boy”).[1][2] The female equivalent is 姫 ‎(hime).

Pronunciation

Noun

彦 ‎(hiragana ひこ, romaji hiko)

  1. a male child; a boy
  2. an honorary male child; prince
  3. chieftain; in ancient Japan, the ruler of a regional land

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • Ishihara, Michihiro (1985-05-16) Shintei Gishi Wajinden: Chūgoku Seishi Nihonden (1) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-334011-6, pages 105-106

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