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彦
彥
yàn
1. accomplished
2. elegant
Common • Top 11%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

彦
yàn
elegant
9 丶

Compound Words (11)

巴彦
Bāyàn
Bayan county in Harbin [[哈爾濱|哈尔滨<Hāěrbīn>]], Heilongjiang
巴彦县
Bāyànxiàn
Bayan county in Harbin [[哈爾濱|哈尔滨<Hāěrbīn>]], Heilongjiang
李彦宏
LǐYànhóng
Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu [[百度]], a PRC Internet company
韩彦直
HánYànzhí
Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees [[橘錄|橘录<júlù>]]
巴彦浩特
BāyànHàotè
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League [[阿拉善盟<ĀlāshànMéng>]], Inner Mongolia
巴彦淖尔
Bāyànnàoěr
Bayan Nur prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia
野田佳彦
YětiánJiāyàn
Noda Yoshihiko, Prime Minister of Japan (2 September 2011 ~)
高村正彦
GāocūnZhēngyàn
KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007
巴彦浩特市
BāyànHàotèShì
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League [[阿拉善盟<ĀlāshànMéng>]], Inner Mongolia
巴彦浩特镇
BāyànHàotèZhèn
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League [[阿拉善盟<ĀlāshànMéng>]], Inner Mongolia
巴彦淖尔市
Bāyànnàoěrshì
Bayan Nur prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia

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