漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
彦: lad, boy
Also: fine young man
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
立 and 彡 carry the meaning · 厂 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ひこhiko · kun'yomi · on its own
- 彦ひこboy
- 山彦やまびこecho (esp. one reverberating in the…
- 彦星ひこぼしAltair (star in the constellation Aquila)
Also read ゲン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A touch of elegance! Imagine three fine strokes of a brush adding the final detail to a painting.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yàn
Same form: 彦 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 彦 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 彦 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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