Read Edit View history 彦 yàn elegant Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 彥. Depicts being accomplished in both literature (文) and military skill (弓). 厂 is a phonetic component. Pinyin Separate values with commas yàn ×pán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 彦 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 彥 ×彦 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彦 Simp strokes 彦 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彦 Simp strokes 彦 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彦 Simp strokes 彦 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 彦 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 487, 855 ], [ 558, 817 ], [ 588, 786 ] ], [ [ 287, 692 ], [ 340, 682 ], [ 712, 742 ], [ 756, 741 ], [ 781, 734 ] ], [ [ 372, 630 ], [ 433, 579 ], [ 445, 547 ] ], [ [ 614, 697 ], [ 641, 665 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607 776 Q 611 789 608 807 Q 592 849 531 860 Q 491 869 481 864 Q 474 863 478 850 Q 481 838 498 825 Z", "M 647 707 Q 714 716 771 721 Q 781 720 792 732 Q 793 745 770 756 Q 731 780 643 754 Q 460 721 293 702 Q 263 699 286 680 Q 320 650 350 659 Q 461 681 606 701 L 647 707 Z", "M 384 596 Q 429 539 443 536 Q 452 535 457 545 Q 463 557 459 581 Q 458 597 435 612 Q 383 643 368 639 Q 364 636 363 625 Q 364 616 384 596 Z", "M 595 534 Q 598 540 602 544 Q 623 575 645 614 Q 655 630 672 652 Q 687 664 679 674 Q 670 690 647 707 C 623 725 597 730 606 701 L 607 700 Q 617 667 565 547 Q 559 535 557 525 C 550 496 579 508 595 534 Z", "M 321 444 Q 331 443 346 447 Q 574 492 788 517 Q 798 516 808 528 Q 809 541 786 552 Q 749 574 672 552 Q 633 543 595 534 L 557 525 Q 478 510 408 502 Q 359 498 305 491 C 275 487 291 442 321 444 Z", "M 305 491 Q 259 518 244 516 Q 222 515 237 489 Q 273 420 223 212 Q 210 169 185 120 Q 151 54 67 -15 Q 51 -28 46 -34 Q 43 -41 56 -42 Q 95 -45 171 22 Q 262 109 300 312 Q 318 438 321 444 C 327 473 328 478 305 491 Z", "M 550 442 Q 532 376 374 264 Q 352 251 379 252 Q 442 252 558 350 Q 570 366 618 403 Q 630 413 628 423 Q 625 436 601 446 Q 574 458 562 456 Q 555 455 550 442 Z", "M 613 342 Q 589 261 389 119 Q 368 106 394 108 Q 472 112 613 242 Q 622 254 678 305 Q 688 315 687 325 Q 684 337 661 346 Q 636 356 623 355 Q 616 354 613 342 Z", "M 665 224 Q 658 140 501 21 Q 498 20 495 17 Q 449 -16 340 -76 Q 330 -80 340 -85 Q 401 -91 533 -12 Q 608 39 717 141 Q 729 153 736 157 Q 745 161 746 172 Q 746 200 707 225 Q 686 238 675 238 Q 665 238 665 224 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.