The Chinese Radical: 彦


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Meaning
elegant, intelligent    彦

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
color, face, countenance
yán
Left: elegant (He stands on the cliff and his hair look elegant.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
He has an elegant head with color in the face.  
JLPT no HSK
elegant, intelligent, accomplished
yàn
Top: production, give birth (here: to stand and cliff ), bottom: hair
He stands on the cliff and the hair looks elegant.  
JLPT no HSK
proverb, saying
yàn
Left: word /, right: elegant, intelligent (He stands on the cliff and the hair looks elegant.)
Words that are elegant are a proverb.  

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