# 彦

| 彦 | U+5F66, &#24422; 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 諺(谚) 𨩱 齴 𠦳 顔(颜) 𢵲

#### 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

| | 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彥)
* 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)
⟨pi$_1$ ko$_1$⟩ → */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

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

#### Noun

彦(ひこ) • (hiko)
* (euphemistic, poetic) a boy, young man; especially:
    Antonym: 姫 (hime, “princess”, literally “sun-woman”)
** a prince
** (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

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Ishihara, Michihiro (1985 May 16) [c. 3rd century] Shintei Gishi Wajinden: Chūgoku Seishi Nihonden (1) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN, pages 105-106

## Korean
### Hanja

彦 (eum 언 (eon))
* 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.