閃

See also: 闪
閃 U+9583, 閃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9583
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[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
trad. 閃
simp. 闪

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

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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ɛmX/ /ɕi̯ɛmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shǎn shàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sim2 sim3
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
  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
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 避
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
Classical Chinese 電, 霍閃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 閃電
Mandarin Beijing 閃
Taiwan 閃電
Harbin 閃
Yantai (Muping) 閃
Jinan 閃
Luoyang 閃, 忽閃
Wanrong 霍閃
Wanrong (Ronghe) 閃電
Xi'an 閃電
Yinchuan 火閃
Lanzhou 閃
Xining 閃電
Ürümqi 閃電
Wuhan 霍
Chengdu 火閃, 閃, 閃電
Guiyang 火閃, 閃
Liuzhou 閃
Xuzhou 閃
Yangzhou 閃
Nanjing 閃, 閃電
Hefei 閃
Nantong 霍閃, 霍響
Singapore 閃電
Cantonese Guangzhou 閃電
Hong Kong 閃電
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 天攝
Zhongshan (Chongkoumen Tanka) 天攝
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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 火蛇仔
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
Senai (Huiyang) 火蛇𥍉
Huizhou Jixi 月扇
Shexian 日閃, 熱扇
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
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
Quanzhou 䟙掣, 䟙光, 䟙媽, 相爁電
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):
  • (to rock):
  • (to leave):
Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 走, 離開, 離去
Mandarin Taiwan 走, 離開
Jinan 走
Wanrong 走
Xi'an 走
Yinchuan 走
Xining 走
Ürümqi 走
Wuhan 走
Chengdu 走
Guiyang 走
Nanjing 走
Singapore 走, 離開
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 Shaxi (Longdu) 走, 行
Wu Shanghai 跑, 走
Danyang 走
Hangzhou 走
Jinhua 走
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

閃

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

References

Japanese

Kanji
閃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. flash
  2. brandish

Readings

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

Vietnamese

Han character

閃: Hán Nôm readings: thiểm

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