yàn

elegant

Simplified form of . Depicts being accomplished in both literature () and military skill (). is a phonetic component.

Components
文 meaning component

  Meaning component

wén

  

writing

厂 sound component

  Sound component

hǎnchǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

弓 meaning component

  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

Evolution

彦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彦 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
彦 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
彦 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

yàn

elegant, handsome; learned; accomplished; elegant

Most common words with 彦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

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

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2559th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+5F66


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