Kanji
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
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)