彥

See also: 彦

彥	U+5F65, 彥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F65

← 彤
[U+5F64]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彦 →
[U+5F66]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

偐喭嵃𪵏遃諺 (谚) 𩜽齴顏

References

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

Chinese

trad.		彥
simp.		彦^*
alternative forms		彦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrans) : phonetic 厂 (OC *hŋaːnʔ, *hŋaːns) + semantic 彣 (“variegated; literary talent”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngien / ngian
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gān / giān

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴
  - Yale: yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin⁶
  - Yale: yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngien
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān
  - Tâi-lô: gān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gan
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡan³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giān
  - Tâi-lô: giān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gien
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ngjenH

Rime
Character	彥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚變切
Baxter	ngjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋian^H/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋrar-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋrans/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yàn
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjen^H ›
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

elegant; handsome
learned; accomplished

Compounds

References

“彥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	彦
Kyūjitai	彥

Kanji

彥

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 彦)

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Readings

Go-on: げん (gen)
Kan-on: げん (gen)
Kun: ひこ (hiko, 彥)

Usage notes

This character lacks JIS support and is not used in Japan. See 彦 (U+5F66) instead.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

彥: Hán Nôm readings: ngạn

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