Depicts a person (人) peeking through the space in the middle of a door (門). Based on the original meaning "peek". The meaning later shifted to "dodge" and "flash".
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关 to close (simp)閂 latch (trad)閎 wide (trad)閑 barrier (trad/jp)閒 leisure (trad)閘 floodgate (trad)閡 blocked (trad)閣 cabinet (trad/jp)閤 small side door (trad)閥 valve (trad/jp)閦 sanskrit閨 small entrance (trad)閫 threshold (trad)閬 high (trad)閭 village of twenty-five (trad)閱 peruse (trad)閶 gate of heaven (trad)閹 castrate (trad)閻 village (trad)閼 obstruct (trad)
Historical Evolution
閃
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
閃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
闪 / 閃 [Shǎn]
surname Shan
闪 / 閃 [shǎn]
to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
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Japanese Names
閃 せん
Sen female given name
CHINESE WORDS (72)
闪电 [shǎndiàn] #3,841
lightning
闪亮 [shǎnliàng] #6,045
brilliant
闪闪 [shǎnshǎn] #8,159
flickering
闪耀 [shǎnyào] #6,998
to glint
闪烁 [shǎnshuò] #10,562
flickering
闪开 [shǎnkāi] #5,628
to get out of the way
闪光 [shǎnguāng] #7,454
flash
闪光灯 [shǎnguāngdēng] #13,487
flash bulb (photography)
闪过 [shǎnguò] #11,759
to flash through (one's mind)
闪现 [shǎnxiàn] #14,127
to flash
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JAPANESE WORDS (33)
閃光 [せんこう] #8,449
flash (of light)
⭐ 閃く [ひらめく] #9,118
to flash (e.g. lightning)
一閃 [いっせん] #10,124
flash (of light)
閃き [ひらめき] #24,178
flair
閃々 [せんせん] #102,869
sparkling
閃かす [ひらめかす] #108,230
to brandish
紫電一閃 [しでんいっせん] #131,503
flash of lightning
閃電 [せんでん] #168,937
flash of lightning
閃緑岩 [せんりょくがん] #193,459
diorite
白刃一閃 [はくじんいっせん] #194,429
(with) a flash of a drawn sword
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KOREAN WORDS (1)