彦
accomplished; elegant
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,310 U+5F66
How 彦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
彡 (semantic, “hair”) + 产 (phonetic, chǎn)
How to remember it
erudite · Heisig RSH #1313
bungi-jumper + rooster tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 产
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 产 (chǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 产 sound component | chǎn | to give birth, to bring forth, to produce |
| 铲 | chǎn | spade, shovel; trowel, scoop |
| 浐 | chǎn | a river in Shaanxi province |
Words containing 彦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴彦县 | Bā yàn Xiàn | Bayan, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 高村正彦 | Gāo cūn Zhèng yàn | KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defe… |
| 野田佳彦 | Yě tián Jiā yàn | Noda Yoshihiko (1957-), prime minister of Japan 2011-2012 |
| 巴彦淖尔市 | Bā yàn nào ěr Shì | Bayannur, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 men… |
| 韩彦直 | Hán Yàn zhí | Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录… |
| 萨彦岭 | Sà yàn Lǐng | Sayan Mountains, on the border of Russia and Mongolia |
| 巴彦 | Bā yàn | see 巴彥縣|巴彦县[Ba1 yan4 Xian4] |
| 李彦宏 | Lǐ Yàn hóng | Robin Li (1968–), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度[Bai3 du4], a PRC Internet company |
| 巴彦淖尔 | Bā yàn nào ěr | see 巴彥淖爾市|巴彦淖尔市[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3 Shi4] |