閃

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

• 𬿂, 𪬖, 㨛, 㴸, 𱢚, 熌, 䁡, 𥡕, 䠾, 閷

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

Historical forms of the character 閃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

• 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sám
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˋ
    • 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
    • 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)	書 (26)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	失冉切	舒贍切
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/
Bernhard 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	談
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	陝	閃
Old Chinese	/*hljamʔ/	/*hljams/

Definitions

閃

1. to dodge; to evade

   閃身／闪身  ―  shǎnshēn  ―  to dodge

   閃避／闪避  ―  shǎnbì  ―  to dodge

   • 我大意了，沒有閃。 [MSC, trad.]
     我大意了，没有闪。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020, 马保国 (Ma Baoguo), 《健身房的年轻后生不讲武德偷袭马老师，把马保国老师的眼睛给蹭了一下》

     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]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	避
Cantonese	Guangzhou	避
	Hong Kong	避
	Taishan	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, 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, 忽閃
	Wanrong	霍閃
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	閃電
	Xi'an	閃電
	Xining	閃電
	Xuzhou	閃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	火閃
	Lanzhou	閃
	Ürümqi	閃電
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	火閃, 閃, 閃電
	Wuhan	霍
	Guiyang	火閃, 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)	天攝
	Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka)	天攝
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	天霎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	閃電
	Taishan	天霎, 閃電
	Dongguan	閃電
	Yangjiang	天霎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	閃電
Gan	Nanchang	霍閃
	Pengze	掣霍
	Lichuan	劃閃焰
Hakka	Meixian	火蛇, 火蛇仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	𥍉爧
	Dabu (Taoyuan)	𥍉爧
	Dabu (Gaobei)	𥍉爧
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	𥍉爧
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	火蛇
	Fengshun (Pantian)	𥍉爧
	Huidong (Daling)	火蛇
	Zijin	火蛇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	火蛇子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𥍉電
	Changting	𥍉電
	Wuping	雷公刀子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	火蛇子, 雷公刀子
	Liancheng	雷焰刀
	Liancheng (Peitian)	雷影, 雷火
	Ninghua	焰火索
	Yudu	閃
	Ruijin	閃光
	Shicheng	打焰
	Shangyou (Shexi)	火閃
	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	火蛇𥍉
	Lipu (Shuangduitun)	火蛇
	Lipu (Dashigu)	閃電
	Guidong	雷火閃
	Sabah (Huiyang)	火蛇𥍉
	Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang)	火蛇𥍉
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	𥍉電
	Senai (Huiyang)	火蛇𥍉
Huizhou	Jixi	月扇
	Shexian	日閃, 熱扇
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	閃電
	Xiuning	打閃閃
	Yixian	閃展
	Wuyuan	火線
	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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	焰刀
	Pucheng (Shibei)	火焰刀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	亮線
	Fuzhou (Changle)	亮線
	Fuqing	㸎㸎
	Yongtai	亮線
	Gutian	亮線
	Fu'an	雷爍
	Ningde	雷爍
	Shouning	雷爍
	Zhouning	雷爍
	Fuding	雷爍
Southern Min	Xiamen	爍爁
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	爍爁
	Quanzhou	䟙掣, 䟙爁, 䟙媽, 䟙光, 相爁電
	Jinjiang	䟙爁
	Yongchun	雷婆
	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)	䟙爁, 䟙掣, 閃電
	Chaozhou	閃電
	Shantou	阿公睨目
	Jieyang	阿公睨目
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	閃電
	Pontianak (Teochew)	雷公睨目
	Wenchang	焱爍
	Haikou	焱爍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雷公閃電
Wu	Shanghai	霍閃, 閃電
	Shanghai (Chongming)	霍閃
	Suzhou	霍閃
	Danyang	霍閃
	Hangzhou	霍閃
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	霍閃
	Ningbo	龍光閃, 龍山
	Wenzhou	爍龍, 爍電
	Jinhua	火閃
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	火閃
	Yongkang	霍閃
	Pujiang	霍閃
	Dongyang	火閃
	Pan'an	霍閃
	Wuyi	霍閃
	Lanxi	霍閃
Xiang	Changsha	閃, 閃子
	Loudi	霍閃, 上水
	Shuangfeng	霍閃
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	火閃, 閃

• (to sparkle):

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• 忽閃／忽闪
• 晃
• 煥發／焕发 (huànfā)
• 𥍉爍／𱳅烁 (Hokkien)
• 閃光／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):

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• 振
• 搖動／摇动 (yáodòng)
• 搖擺／摇摆 (yáobǎi)
• 搖晃／摇晃
• 搖曳／摇曳 (yáoyè)
• 搖蕩／摇荡 (yáodàng)
• 搖顯／摇显 (Hokkien)
• 摵 (Hokkien)
• 擺動／摆动 (bǎidòng)
• 晃動／晃动 (huàngdòng)
• 舞動／舞动 (wǔdòng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)

 

• (to leave):

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走, 離開, 離去
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	走, 離開
	Singapore	走, 離開
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	走
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	走
	Xi'an	走
	Xining	走
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	走
	Ürümqi	走
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	走
	Wuhan	走
	Guiyang	走
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	走
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走, 扯
	Hong Kong	走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s
	Penang (Guangfu)	走
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走, 扯
Gan	Nanchang	走
Hakka	Meixian	走
	Yudu	走
Jin	Taiyuan	走
Southern Min	Taipei	走 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	行
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	走, 行
Wu	Shanghai	跑, 走
	Danyang	走
	Hangzhou	走
	Jinhua	走
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• 一閃／一闪
• 一閃神／一闪神
• 偏閃／偏闪
• 光閃閃／光闪闪
• 坑閃／坑闪
• 太陽閃焰／太阳闪焰
• 失閃／失闪 (shīshǎn)
• 忽閃／忽闪
• 打閃／打闪 (dǎshǎn)
• 拋閃／抛闪
• 拋閃殺人／抛闪杀人
• 挑閃／挑闪
• 撇閃／撇闪
• 撲閃／扑闪
• 東閃西挪／东闪西挪
• 波光閃閃／波光闪闪
• 活閃婆／活闪婆
• 烏鴉閃蛋／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
• 金光閃耀／金光闪耀
• 金光閃閃／金光闪闪
• 閃亮／闪亮 (shǎnliàng)
• 閃人／闪人 (shǎnrén)
• 閃光／闪光 (shǎnguāng)
• 閃光燈／闪光灯 (shǎnguāngdēng)
• 閃光點／闪光点 (shǎnguāngdiǎn)
• 閃動／闪动 (shǎndòng)
• 閃卡／闪卡 (shǎnkǎ)
• 閃夜蛾／闪夜蛾 (shǎnyè'é)
• 閃失／闪失 (shǎnshī)
• 閃婚／闪婚 (shǎnhūn)
• 閃存／闪存 (shǎncún)
• 閃存盤／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／闪闪发光
• 閃開／闪开 (shǎnkāi)
• 閃離／闪离 (shǎnlí)
• 閃電／闪电 (shǎndiàn)
• 閃電戰／闪电战 (shǎndiànzhàn)
• 閃電行動／闪电行动
• 閃露／闪露
• 閃音／闪音 (shǎnyīn)
• 閃風／闪风
• 閃點／闪点 (shǎndiǎn)
• 霍閃／霍闪 (huòshǎn)
• 靈光一閃／灵光一闪
• 騰閃／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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sám
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˋ
    • 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／闪含语系  ―  Shǎn-Hán yǔxì  ―  Semito-Hamitic language family

Compounds

• 閃含語系／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 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

閃

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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, 閃かす)、ひらめき (hirameki, 閃き)、ひらめく (hirameku, 閃く)、ひろめかす (hiromekasu, 閃かす)、ひろめく (hiromeku, 閃く)

Compounds

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

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, seomgwang, “flash, glint”)

Vietnamese

Han character

閃: Hán Nôm readings: thiểm

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