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Kanji Detail for 彦 - "lad, boy (ancient)"
彦
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Meaning
彦 means "lad, boy (ancient)."
Accomplished man - A man with both wisdom and virtue.
Title for men - An honorable term for males.
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Tattoo check: 彦
- Verified meaning: lad, boy (ancient)
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read げん, まさる)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 彦
Given names 彦(げん)
彦(まさる)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
lad; boy (ancient)
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
elegant
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
accomplished; elegant
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
elegant
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 彦
Kunihiko hit the target with his first shot.
Nobuhiko Takada lost to Hikson Grasy.
「余力のほんのわずかな剰余で冷却固結した岩塊を揉み砕き、つかみ潰し」寺田寅彦「浅間山麓より」
"With just a little bit of spare energy, he crushed the cooled and solidified rock mass, grabbing and crushing it" Terada Torahiko, "From the Foot of Mt. Asama"
「うちのかわいい冬彦ちゃんを、あんなろくに挨拶もできないよう小娘と結婚させれるわけないでしょ。あなたから、はっきり言ってやってください」「そうだな。まぁ、いいんじゃないか？かわいいし」「いくありません。顔は関係ありません」「まぁ、そんなかっかするな。お前だって、昔は毎晩のようにディスコに行ってブイブイ言わしてたんだし」「それとこれとは別です」「同じだよ。馬鹿馬鹿しい。早く、子離れしろ」
"I'm not going to let my sweet Fuyuhiko get married to a little girl who doesn't even have basic manners. Tell him that for me." "It's not so bad. I mean, she's cute." "No, she's not. And looks don't matter." "Well, don't get all worked up about it. You used to go to the disco every night and live it up, partying hard." "That's different." "It's the same thing! This is ridiculous. You need to learn to let things go."