閃

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

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

Glyph origin

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

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.

     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?

   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):

• (lightning):

• (to sparkle):

• (to rock):

• (to leave):

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

• “閃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(“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

Etymology

/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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