ひこ

⟨pi₁ ko₁⟩ → */pʲikʷo/ → /fiko/ → /hiko/

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 日 (hi, “sun”, prefix or appellation used in reference to the imperial family) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2][3]

• (Tokyo) ひこ​ [hìkóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[3]
• (Tokyo) ひこ [hìkó] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [çiko̞]

ひこ • (hiko) ^{←ひこ (fiko)?}

1. (euphemistic, poetic) a boy, young man; especially:

   Antonym: ひめ (hime, “princess”, literally “sun-woman”)

   1. a prince
   2. (historical) a chieftain in ancient Japan
      • 3rd century: 魏志倭人伝 (page 105-106)[4]

        其大官曰卑狗、副曰卑奴母離

Usually found as a suffix in male given names.

• 王子(おうじ) (ōji, “prince”)
• 王(おう) (ō, “king”)
• 息子(むすこ) (musuko, “son”)
• 男(おとこ) (otoko, “man”)
• 若君(わかぎみ) (wakagimi)

• (Tokyo) ひこ [hìkó] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• (Tokyo) ひこ​ [hìkóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[3]
• IPA^(key): [çiko̞]

ひこ • (hiko) ^{←ひこ (fiko)?}

1. great-grandchild

Appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō.[3]

• IPA^(key): [çiko̞]

ひこ • (hiko) ^{←ひこ (fiko)?}

1. (obsolete) grandchild

Appears in James Curtis Hepburn's dictionary.[3]

• IPA^(key): [çiko̞]

ひこ • (hiko) ^{←ひこ (fiko)?}

1. (obsolete) uvula

   Synonym: のどびこ (nodobiko)