Read Edit View history 彥 yàn elegant Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts being accomplished in both literature (文) and military skill (弓). 厂 is a phonetic component. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 彦 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彥 Simp strokes 彥 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彥 Simp strokes 彥 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彥 Simp strokes 彥 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 彥 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 497, 860 ], [ 555, 829 ], [ 584, 797 ] ], [ [ 287, 691 ], [ 337, 683 ], [ 718, 754 ], [ 782, 748 ] ], [ [ 580, 697 ], [ 595, 675 ], [ 528, 596 ], [ 456, 541 ], [ 391, 511 ] ], [ [ 436, 634 ], [ 606, 595 ], 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454 Q 516 463 573 469 L 603 473 Z", "M 330 485 Q 326 489 322 491 Q 271 522 254 521 Q 232 520 247 493 Q 280 427 229 214 Q 214 171 189 120 Q 159 60 68 -14 Q 50 -27 46 -34 Q 43 -41 56 -42 Q 98 -45 174 21 Q 256 96 288 222 Q 310 301 326 422 Q 330 440 334 451 C 342 477 342 477 330 485 Z", "M 573 469 Q 572 468 570 462 Q 554 390 370 264 Q 348 251 375 252 Q 445 252 583 372 Q 587 382 638 423 Q 650 433 648 443 Q 645 456 621 466 Q 611 470 603 473 C 578 483 578 483 573 469 Z", "M 614 338 Q 593 260 390 117 Q 366 102 396 104 Q 474 104 626 239 Q 651 264 688 295 Q 701 307 698 317 Q 697 332 669 342 Q 639 355 626 353 Q 617 352 614 338 Z", "M 665 218 Q 665 143 519 30 Q 507 23 495 13 Q 449 -21 340 -80 Q 330 -83 341 -89 Q 407 -98 566 0 Q 569 4 574 6 Q 629 46 720 130 Q 733 142 740 146 Q 750 150 750 161 Q 751 173 741 189 Q 708 232 676 232 Q 666 232 665 218 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × 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