彦
yàn

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Simplified form of 彥. Depicts being accomplished in both literature (文) and military skill (弓). 厂 is a phonetic component.

Components

文
文 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 文 than it was in ancient scripts.
厂
厂 Sound component
弓
弓 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 弓 than it was in ancient scripts.

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋrans
Unicodebgyɛ̀n

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang