彦

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accomplished; elegant

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

彡 meaning “hair” + 产 sound ( chǎn )

Components 产彡

erudite · Heisig RSH #1313

bungi-jumper + rooster tail

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
巴彦县	Bā yàn Xiàn	Bayan, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市\|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
高村正彦	Gāo cūn Zhèng yàn	KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defe…
野田佳彦	Yě tián Jiā yàn	Noda Yoshihiko (1957-), prime minister of Japan 2011-2012
巴彦淖尔市	Bā yàn nào ěr Shì	Bayannur, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區\|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 men…
韩彦直	Hán Yàn zhí	Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄\|橘录…
萨彦岭	Sà yàn Lǐng	Sayan Mountains, on the border of Russia and Mongolia
巴彦	Bā yàn	see 巴彥縣\|巴彦县[Ba1 yan4 Xian4]
李彦宏	Lǐ Yàn hóng	Robin Li (1968–), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度[Bai3 du4], a PRC Internet company
巴彦淖尔	Bā yàn nào ěr	see 巴彥淖爾市\|巴彦淖尔市[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3 Shi4]

Characters sharing the sound component 产 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
产 sound part	chǎn	to give birth, to bring forth, to produce
铲	chǎn	spade, shovel; trowel, scoop
浐	chǎn	a river in Shaanxi province