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See also: 闪
閃 U+9583, 閃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9583
← 閂
[U+9582] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 閄 →
[U+9584]

Translingual

Han character

閃 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日弓人 (ANO), four-corner 77807, composition ⿵門人)

Derived characters

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

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 閃, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 門 (“gate”) + 人 (“person”) — a person running through a gate.

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Definitions

閃

  1. to dodge; to evade
    閃身／闪身  ―  shǎnshēn  ―  to dodge
    閃避／闪避  ―  shǎnbì  ―  to dodge
  2. to twist; to sprain; to pull a muscle
  3. to flash
    那司機為什麼對我閃車燈？ [MSC, trad.]
    那司机为什么对我闪车灯？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nà sījī wèishénme duì wǒ shǎn chēdēng? [Pinyin]
    Why is the driver flashing his lights at me?
  4. lightning; flash
    打閃／打闪  ―  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]
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  • (lightning):
Dialectal synonyms of 閃電 (“lightning”) [map]
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  • (to sparkle):
  • (to rock):
  • (to leave):
Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]
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Compounds

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Hebrew שם (Šēm).

Pronunciation

Definitions

閃

  1. Shem (Biblical character)
    閃含語系／闪含语系  ―  Shǎn-Hán yǔxì  ―  Semito-Hamitic language family

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

閃

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

References

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Kanji

閃

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. flash
  2. brandish

Readings

Compounds

  • 閃閃(せんせん) (sensen)
  • 閃(せん)亜鉛(あえん)鉱(こう) (sen-aen-kō)
  • 閃一(せんいち) (Sen'ichi)
  • 閃(せん)ウラン鉱(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) (senkō)
  • 閃爍(せんしゃく) (senshaku)
  • 閃炭(せんたん) (sentan)
  • 閃長岩(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) (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(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) (issen)
  • 角閃岩(かくせんがん) (kakusengan)
  • 角閃石(かくせんせき) (kakusenseki)
  • カミントン閃石(せんせき) (Kaminton-senseki)
  • 眼閃(がんせん) (gansen)
  • 神津(こうづ)閃石(せんせき) (Kōzu-senseki)
  • 交閃灯(こうせんとう) (kōsentō)
  • 曹閃石(そうせんせき) (sōsenseki)
  • 直閃石(ちょくせんせき) (chokusenseki)
  • 電閃(でんせん) (densen)
  • 透閃石(とうせんせき) (tōsenseki)
  • パーガス閃石(せんせき) (Pāgasu-senseki)
  • 白閃(ハクセン) (hakusen)
  • 藍閃石(らんせんせき) (ransenseki)
  • 榴閃岩(りゅうせんがん) (ryūsengan)
  • 緑閃石(りょくせんせき) (ryokusenseki)

Etymology

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/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

Vietnamese

Han character

閃: Hán Nôm readings: thiểm

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