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彦

lad
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingゲン
Kun readingひこ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. ladRtK
  2. boy (ancient)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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vase · stand up (立) · cliff (厂) · shape

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1852

Compound words

山彦やまびこ
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains)
彦星ひこぼし
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)
俊彦しゅんげん
gifted man
諸彦しょげん
many accomplished persons
猿田彦さるたひこ
Sarutahiko (deity)
袁彦道えんげんどう
gambling
長髄彦ながすねひこ
Nagasunehiko
猿田彦の命さるたひこのみこと
Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 彦

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