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

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• 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. Meinong)
    • 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/

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• 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	/ŋˠiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋianH/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛnH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛnH/
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	‹ 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; accomplished

Compounds

• 俊彥／俊彦
• 廟廊之彥／庙廊之彦
• 彥倫鶴怨／彦伦鹤怨
• 彥國吐屑／彦国吐屑
• 彥士／彦士
• 旁求俊彥／旁求俊彦
• 碩彥／硕彦
• 碩彥名儒／硕彦名儒
• 群彥／群彦
• 薩彥嶺／萨彦岭 (Sàyànlǐng)
• 賢彥／贤彦
• 邦彥／邦彦
• 髦彥／髦彦

 

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

(uncommon “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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