彦

9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

lad, boy (ancient)

Kun'yomi
  • ひこ
    		boy
On'yomi
  • ゲン
Nanori
  • よし
  • こ
  • ひろ
  • やす

Main Radical

彡(KanXi) 立(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ひこ 100.0%
こ 0.0%

Character Breakdown

lad, boy (ancient)
ひこ　こ　ゲン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
give birth, bring forth, produce
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン　セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)

Contained In

偐 諺 顏 顔

Common Words

ひこ
彦
boy
やま
山
びこ
彦
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains) ②mountain god
ひこ
彦
ぼし
星
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)
さる
猿
た
田
ひこ
彦
Sarutahiko (deity)
なが
長
すね
髄
ひこ
彦
Nagasunehiko
さる
猿
た
田
ひこ
彦
　
の
みこと
命
Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)
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References

Unicode hex code 5F66
JIS X 0208 1-41-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3347
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1714
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3295
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4085
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2072
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2808
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1716
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1852
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1076
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1007
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1931
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 9981
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2067
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1732
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5b4.4
Four corner code 0022.2
De Roo Code 460