閃

See also: 闪

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 1330, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41214
• Dae Jaweon: page 1834, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4282, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9583

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Chinese

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trad.		閃
simp.		闪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎn (shan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim²
    • Yale: sím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (閃, reconstructed)
Character (閃), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 失冉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕiᴇmX/	/ɕi̯ɛmX/	/ɕiɛmX/	/ɕiɛmX/	/ɕiamX/	/ɕĭɛmX/	/ɕjæmX/
Character (閃), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 舒贍切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕiᴇmH/	/ɕi̯ɛmH/	/ɕiɛmH/	/ɕiɛmH/	/ɕiamH/	/ɕĭɛmH/	/ɕjæmH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (閃, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
閃					11075					閃					談					2					陝					/*hljamʔ/
閃					11076					閃					談					2					閃					/*hljams/

Definitions

閃

1. to dodge; to evade
   • 閃身／闪身 ("to dodge")
   • 閃避／闪避 ("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 chē dēng? [Pinyin]

     Why is the driver flashing his lights at me?

4. lightning; flash
   • 閃電／闪电 (shǎndiàn, "lightning")
5. to sparkle; to shine
6. (dialect) to leave behind

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Japanese

Kanji

閃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: ひらめく (hirameku)

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Korean

Hanja

閃 (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune-Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

閃 (thiểm)

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