閃

See also: 闪

閃 U+9583, 閃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9583 ← 閂かんぬき [U+9582] CJK Unified Ideographs 閄 → [U+9584]

Translingual

Han character

閃 (Kangxi radical 169, 門もん+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日にち弓ゆみ人じん (ANO), four-corner 7780₇, composition ⿵門もん人ひと)

Derived characters

• 𬿂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1330, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41214
• Dae Jaweon: page 1834, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4282, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9583

Chinese

trad.		閃
simp.		闪

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意かいい／会意かいい) : 門もん (“gate”) + 人ひと (“person”) — a person running through a gate.

Etymology 1

Possibly iterative devoicing of 燄 (OC *lamʔ, “to be flaming up”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shǎn (shan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sám
• Jin (Wiktionary): san²
• Northern Min (KCR): sǐng
• Eastern Min (BUC): siēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siam²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵soe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shenn³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shan³
    • Yale: shǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: san³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: san
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sim²
    • Yale: sím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sám
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam³
    • Sinological IPA: /sam³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: san²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sæ̃⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám
    • Tâi-lô: siám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarm
    • IPA (Singapore): /siam⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /siam⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siam⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵soe
    • MiniDict: soe^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shenn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂə̃⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sə̃⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syemX, syemH

Rime
Character	閃	閃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	書しょ (26)	書しょ (26)
Final (韻いん)	鹽しお (153)	鹽しお (153)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	失しつ冉切きり	舒贍切きり
Baxter	syemX	syemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇmX/	/ɕiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛmX/	/ɕiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæmX/	/ɕjæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiamX/	/ɕiamH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛmX/	/ɕiɛmH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛmX/	/ɕĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛmX/	/ɕi̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎn	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim2	sim3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljamʔ/, /*hljams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閃	閃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11075	11076
Phonetic component	閃	閃
Rime group	談だん	談だん
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	陝	閃
Old Chinese	/*hljamʔ/	/*hljams/

Definitions

閃

1. to dodge; to evade

   閃身み／闪身み  ―  shǎnshēn  ―  to dodge

   閃避／闪避  ―  shǎnbì  ―  to dodge

   • 我わが大意たいい了りょう，沒ぼつ有ゆう閃。 [MSC, trad.]
     我わが大意たいい了りょう，没ぼつ有ゆう闪。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020, 马保国こく (Ma Baoguo), 《健けん身み房ぼう的てき年とし轻后生せい不ふ讲武德ぶとく偷袭马老师，把わ马保国老こくろう师的眼睛がんせい给蹭了りょう一いち下か》

     Wǒ dàyì le, méiyǒu shǎn. [Pinyin]

     I was careless and I didn't dodge.

2. to twist; to sprain; to pull a muscle
3. to flash

   那な司つかさ機き為ため什麼いんも對たい我わが閃車くるま燈とう？ [MSC, trad.]
   那な司つかさ机つくえ为什么对我わが闪车灯？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nà sījī wèishénme duì wǒ shǎn chēdēng? [Pinyin]

   Why is the driver flashing his lights at me?

4. lightning; flash

   打だ閃／打だ闪  ―  dǎshǎn  ―  to have lightning

5. to sparkle; to shine
6. sparkling; shiny
7. to rock; to sway
8. (dialectal) to leave behind
9. (Cantonese, colloquial) to leave, especially quickly or suddenly
10. (neologism) affectionate between couples
11. a surname

Synonyms

• (to dodge):

Dialectal synonyms of 避 (“to avoid; to dodge”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	避
Southern Min	Taipei	閃 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	閃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	閃
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (lightning):

Dialectal synonyms of 閃電 (“lightning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		電でん, 霍閃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閃電
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	閃
	Taiwan	閃電
	Harbin	閃
	Singapore	閃電
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	閃
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	閃
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	閃, 忽ゆるがせ閃
	Wanrong	霍閃
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	閃電
	Xi'an	閃電
	Xining	閃電
	Xuzhou	閃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	火ひ閃
	Lanzhou	閃
	Ürümqi	閃電
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	火ひ閃, 閃, 閃電
	Wuhan	霍
	Guiyang	火ひ閃, 閃
	Liuzhou	閃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	閃, 閃電
	Yangzhou	閃
	Nantong	霍閃, 霍響
	Hefei	閃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閃電
	Hong Kong	閃電
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	天てん攝と
	Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka)	天てん攝と
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	天てん霎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	閃電
	Taishan	天てん霎, 閃電
	Dongguan	閃電
	Yangjiang	天てん霎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	閃電
Gan	Nanchang	霍閃
	Pengze	掣霍
	Lichuan	劃閃焰
Hakka	Meixian	火ひ蛇へび仔こ
	Dabu (Xihe)	𥍉爧
	Dabu (Taoyuan)	𥍉爧
	Dabu (Gaobei)	𥍉爧
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	𥍉爧
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	火ひ蛇へび
	Fengshun (Pantian)	𥍉爧
	Huidong (Daling)	火ひ蛇へび
	Zijin	火ひ蛇へび
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	火ひ蛇へび子こ
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𥍉電でん
	Changting	𥍉電でん
	Wuping	雷公らいこう刀がたな子こ
	Wuping (Pingyu)	火ひ蛇へび子こ, 雷公らいこう刀がたな子こ
	Liancheng	雷かみなり焰刀
	Liancheng (Peitian)	雷かみなり影かげ, 雷火らいか
	Ninghua	焰火索さく
	Yudu	閃
	Ruijin	閃光せんこう
	Shicheng	打だ焰
	Shangyou (Shexi)	火ひ閃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𥍉爧
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𥍉爧
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𥍉爧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𥍉爧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𥍉爧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	𥍉爧
	Hong Kong	火ひ蛇へび𥍉
	Lipu (Shuangduitun)	火ひ蛇へび
	Lipu (Dashigu)	閃電
	Guidong	雷火らいか閃
	Sabah (Huiyang)	火ひ蛇へび𥍉
	Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang)	火ひ蛇へび𥍉
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	𥍉電でん
	Senai (Huiyang)	火ひ蛇へび𥍉
Huizhou	Jixi	月つき扇おうぎ
	Shexian	日にち閃, 熱ねつ扇おうぎ
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	閃電
	Xiuning	打だ閃閃
	Yixian	閃展
	Wuyuan	火線かせん
	Chun'an (Qiandaohu)	霍閃
	Chun'an (Jiangjia)	霍閃
	Jiande (Meicheng)	霍閃
	Jiande (Shouchang)	霍閃
Jin	Taiyuan	閃
	Xinzhou	閃
Jiuxing Yumin	Jiande	霍線
	Jinhua	霍閃
	Lanxi	霍閃
	Tunxi	火線かせん
Northern Min	Jian'ou	焰刀
	Pucheng (Shibei)	火ひ焰刀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	亮あきら線せん
	Fuzhou (Changle)	亮あきら線せん
	Fuqing	㸎㸎
	Yongtai	亮あきら線せん
	Gutian	亮あきら線せん
	Fu'an	雷かみなり爍
	Ningde	雷かみなり爍
	Shouning	雷かみなり爍
	Zhouning	雷かみなり爍
	Fuding	雷かみなり爍
Southern Min	Xiamen	爍爁
	Quanzhou	䟙掣, 䟙光, 䟙媽, 相あい爁電
	Yongchun	雷かみなり婆ばば
	Zhangzhou	爍爁
	Taipei	搉爍爁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	爍爁
	Kaohsiung	閃電, 爍爁
	Yilan	閃電, 爍爁
	Changhua (Lukang)	爍爁
	Taichung	爍爁
	Tainan	閃電, 爍爁
	Hsinchu	爍爁
	Kinmen	爍爁
	Penghu (Magong)	爍爁
	Penang (Hokkien)	爍爁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爍爁
	Manila (Hokkien)	䟙掣, 閃電
	Chaozhou	閃電
	Shantou	阿おもね公おおやけ睨ねめ目め
	Jieyang	阿おもね公おおやけ睨ねめ目め
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	閃電
	Pontianak (Teochew)	雷公らいこう睨ねめ目め
	Wenchang	焱爍
	Haikou	焱爍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雷公らいこう閃電
Wu	Shanghai	霍閃, 閃電
	Shanghai (Chongming)	霍閃
	Suzhou	霍閃
	Danyang	霍閃
	Hangzhou	霍閃
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	霍閃
	Ningbo	龍光りゅうこう閃, 龍山たつやま
	Wenzhou	爍龍, 爍電
	Jinhua	火ひ閃
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	火ひ閃
	Yongkang	霍閃
	Pujiang	霍閃
	Dongyang	火ひ閃
	Pan'an	霍閃
	Wuyi	霍閃
	Lanxi	霍閃
Xiang	Changsha	閃, 閃子
	Loudi	霍閃, 上水じょうすい
	Shuangfeng	霍閃
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	火ひ閃, 閃

• (to sparkle):

• 忽ゆるがせ閃／忽ゆるがせ闪
• 晃あきら
• 煥發かんぱつ／焕发 (huànfā)
• 𥍉爍／𥍉烁 (Hokkien)
• 閃光せんこう／闪光 (shǎnguāng)
• 閃動／闪动 (shǎndòng)
• 閃灼／闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
• 閃爍／闪烁 (shǎnshuò)
• 閃耀／闪耀 (shǎnyào)

 

• (to rock):

• 振ふ
• 搖ゆら動どう／摇动 (yáodòng)
• 搖ゆら擺／摇摆 (yáobǎi)
• 搖ゆら晃あきら／摇晃
• 搖曳ようえい／摇曳 (yáoyè)
• 搖ゆら蕩とろけ／摇荡 (yáodàng)
• 搖ゆら顯あきら／摇显 (Hokkien)
• 摵 (Hokkien)
• 擺動／摆动 (bǎidòng)
• 晃あきら動どう／晃あきら动 (huàngdòng)
• 舞まい動どう／舞まい动 (wǔdòng)
• 蕩とろけ／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)

 

• (to leave):

Dialectal synonyms of 走はし (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走はし, 離はなれ開ひらき, 離はなれ去さ
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	走はし, 離はなれ開ひらき
	Singapore	走はし, 離はなれ開ひらき
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	走はし
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	走はし
	Xi'an	走はし
	Xining	走はし
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	走はし
	Ürümqi	走はし
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	走はし
	Wuhan	走はし
	Guiyang	走はし
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	走はし
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走はし, 扯
	Hong Kong	走はし, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆す, 撇s
	Penang (Guangfu)	走はし
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走はし, 扯
Gan	Nanchang	走はし
Hakka	Meixian	走はし
	Yudu	走はし
Jin	Taiyuan	走はし
Southern Min	Taipei	走はし GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走はし
	Manila (Hokkien)	行くだり
	Singapore (Teochew)	走はし
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	走はし, 行くだり
Wu	Shanghai	跑, 走はし
	Danyang	走はし
	Hangzhou	走はし
	Jinhua	走はし
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• 一閃いっせん／一いち闪
• 一閃いっせん神しん／一いち闪神
• 偏へん閃／偏へん闪
• 光ひかり閃閃／光ひかり闪闪
• 坑あな閃／坑あな闪
• 太陽たいよう閃焰／太ふとし阳闪焰
• 失しつ閃／失しつ闪 (shīshǎn)
• 忽ゆるがせ閃／忽ゆるがせ闪
• 打だ閃／打だ闪 (dǎshǎn)
• 拋閃／抛ほう闪
• 拋閃殺人さつじん／抛ほう闪杀人じん
• 挑閃／挑闪
• 撇閃／撇闪
• 撲なぐ閃／扑闪
• 東ひがし閃西挪／东闪西にし挪
• 波なみ光こう閃閃／波なみ光こう闪闪
• 活かつ閃婆／活かつ闪婆
• 烏鴉うがらす閃蛋／乌鸦闪蛋
• 熠熠閃亮／熠熠闪亮
• 躲躲閃閃／躲躲闪闪 (duǒduǒshǎnshǎn)
• 躲閃／躲闪 (duǒshǎn)
• 逃閃／逃闪
• 金光かねみつ閃耀／金光かねみつ闪耀
• 金光かねみつ閃閃／金光かねみつ闪闪
• 閃亮／闪亮 (shǎnliàng)
• 閃人／闪人 (shǎnrén)
• 閃光せんこう／闪光 (shǎnguāng)
• 閃光せんこう燈とう／闪光灯とう (shǎnguāngdēng)
• 閃光せんこう點てん／闪光点てん (shǎnguāngdiǎn)
• 閃動／闪动 (shǎndòng)
• 閃卡／闪卡 (shǎnkǎ)
• 閃失／闪失 (shǎnshī)
• 閃婚／闪婚 (shǎnhūn)
• 閃存／闪存 (shǎncún)
• 閃存盤ばん／闪存盘 (shǎncúnpán)
• 閃射／闪射
• 閃念／闪念 (shǎnniàn)
• 閃擊／闪击 (shǎnjī)
• 閃灼／闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
• 閃爍／闪烁 (shǎnshuò)
• 閃爍其詞／闪烁其词 (shǎnshuòqící)
• 閃現／闪现 (shǎnxiàn)
• 閃痛／闪痛 (shǎntòng)
• 閃眼／闪眼
• 閃耀／闪耀 (shǎnyào)
• 閃讓／闪让 (shǎnràng)
• 閃賺／闪赚
• 閃身／闪身 (shǎnshēn)
• 閃躲／闪躲 (shǎnduǒ)
• 閃轉騰あが挪／闪转腾挪
• 閃退／闪退 (shǎntuì)
• 閃過／闪过
• 閃避／闪避 (shǎnbì)
• 閃閃／闪闪 (shǎnshǎn)
• 閃閃爍爍／闪闪烁烁
• 閃閃發光はっこう／闪闪发光
• 閃開／闪开 (shǎnkāi)
• 閃離／闪离 (shǎnlí)
• 閃電／闪电 (shǎndiàn)
• 閃電戰せん／闪电战 (shǎndiànzhàn)
• 閃電行動こうどう／闪电行ぎょう动
• 閃露／闪露
• 閃音／闪音 (shǎnyīn)
• 閃風／闪风
• 閃點／闪点 (shǎndiǎn)
• 霍閃／霍闪 (huòshǎn)
• 靈光れいこう一閃いっせん／灵光一いち闪
• 騰あが閃／腾闪

 

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Hebrew שם (Šēm).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǎn (Shan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sám
• Northern Min (KCR): Sǐng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Siēng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Siám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Shan³
    • Yale: Shǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaan
    • Palladius: Шань (Šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sim²
    • Yale: sím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sám
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam³
    • Sinological IPA: /sam³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Sǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siám
    • Tâi-lô: Siám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹/

Definitions

閃

1. Shem (Biblical character)

   閃含語系けい／闪含语系けい  ―  Shǎn-Hán yǔxì  ―  Semito-Hamitic language family

Compounds

• 閃含語ご系けい／闪含语系 (Shǎnhányǔxì)
• 閃族／闪族 (Shǎnzú)
• 閃語／闪语 (shǎnyǔ)

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sihⁿ / sih / síⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sih⁴

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sihⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sinnh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sĩʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sih
    • Tâi-lô: sih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: síⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sĩ⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sĩ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siʔ²/

Definitions

閃

1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of 爍／烁

References

• “閃”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

閃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. flash
2. brandish

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kun: ひらめかす (hiramekasu, 閃ひらめかす); ひらめき (hirameki, 閃ひらめき); ひらめく (hirameku, 閃ひらめく); ひろめかす (hiromekasu, 閃ひらめかす); ひろめく (hiromeku, 閃ひらめく)

Compounds

Compounds

• 閃閃(せんせん) (sensen)
• 閃(せん)亜鉛あえん(あえん)鉱こう(こう) (sen-aen-kō)
• 閃一(せんいち) (Sen'ichi)
• 閃(せん)ウラン鉱こう(こう) (sen-uran-kō)
• 閃影(せんえい) (sen'ei)
• 閃火(せんか) (senka)
• 閃観(せんかん) (Senkan)
• 閃見(せんけん) (senken)
• 閃光せんこう(せんこう) (senkō)
• 閃爍(せんしゃく) (senshaku)
• 閃炭(せんたん) (sentan)
• 閃長岩がん(せんちょうがん) (senchōgan)
• 閃電(せんでん) (senden)
• 閃発(せんぱつ) (senpatsu)
• 閃(せん)マンガン鉱こう(こう) (sen-mangan-kō)
• 閃揺(せんよう) (sen'yō)
• 閃耀(せんよう) (sen'yō)
• 閃絡(せんらく) (senraku)
• 閃緑岩がん(せんりょくがん) (senryokugan)
• アクチノ閃石(せんせき) (Akuchino-senseki)
• アルベゾン閃石(せんせき) (Arubezon-senseki)
• 一閃いっせん(いっせん) (issen)
• 角すみ閃岩(かくせんがん) (kakusengan)
• 角すみ閃石(かくせんせき) (kakusenseki)
• カミントン閃石(せんせき) (Kaminton-senseki)
• 眼め閃(がんせん) (gansen)
• 神津こうづ(こうづ)閃石(せんせき) (Kōzu-senseki)
• 交閃灯とう(こうせんとう) (kōsentō)
• 曹閃石せき(そうせんせき) (sōsenseki)
• 直ちょく閃石(ちょくせんせき) (chokusenseki)
• 電閃でんせん(でんせん) (densen)
• 透とおる閃石(とうせんせき) (tōsenseki)
• パーガス閃石(せんせき) (Pāgasu-senseki)
• 白しろ閃(ハクセン) (hakusen)
• 藍あい閃石(らんせんせき) (ransenseki)
• 榴閃岩がん(りゅうせんがん) (ryūsengan)
• 緑みどり閃石(りょくせんせき) (ryokusenseki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
閃
せん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

/ɕʲem/ → /ɕemu/ → /seɴ/

From Middle Chinese 閃 (MC syemX|syemH).

Proper noun

閃(せん) • (Sen) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

閃 (eumhun 번쩍일 섬 (beonjjeogil seom))

1. Hanja form^? of 섬 (“flash”).

Compounds

• 섬광 (閃光せんこう, seomgwang, “flash, glint”)

Vietnamese

Han character

閃: Hán Nôm readings: thiểm

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