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彥

yàn

elegant

Depicts being accomplished in both literature (文) and military skill (弓). 厂 is a phonetic component.

Components
文 meaning component

文  Meaning component

wén

  

writing

厂 sound component

厂  Sound component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

弓 meaning component

弓  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

Evolution

彥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
彥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
彥 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
彥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

彦 (彥) 

yàn

elegant, handsome; learned; accomplished; elegant

Most common words with 彥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

彦

elegant

李彦宏

Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度, a PRC Internet company

巴彦

Bayan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā​'ěr​bīn], Heilongjiang

巴彦淖尔市

Bayan Nur prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

野田佳彦

Noda Yoshihiko, Prime Minister of Japan (2 September 2011 ~)

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

產 顏

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

產

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋrar-s

ngjenH

yàn

adornment


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2559th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

彦

Unicode

U+5F65

Shuowen

“彥，美士有文，人所言也。从彣，厂聲。”


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