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彦
N1 9 strokes Grade 9 freq #1117

lad, boy (ancient)

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ひこ

Radical (部首)

彡 bristle sanzukuri

Others with this radical

形 影 彩 彰 彫 彬 彪

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

山彦 やまびこ echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains)
俊彦 しゅんげん gifted man; accomplished man
諸彦 しょげん many accomplished persons
袁彦道 えんげんどう gambling

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

彦星 ひこぼし Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
彦 ひこ boy
猿田彦 さるたひこ Sarutahiko (deity)
長髄彦 ながすねひこ Nagasunehiko; legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi
猿田彦の命 さるたひこのみこと Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)
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