闪 (shǎn): meaning and stroke order
闪 (shǎn) means to dodge, to duck out of the way, to beat it, shaken (by a fall), to sprain.
闪
- Simplified
- 闪
- Traditional
- 閃
- Pinyin
- shǎn
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Stroke order of 闪
闪
- Shǎn surname Shan
- shǎn to dodge; to duck out of the way
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 閃
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Meaning of 闪
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shǎn
Traditional 閃
- 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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Shǎn
Traditional 閃
- surname Shan
Radical and structure
- 闪
- Radical 门 (Kangxi radical 169) in its simplified form · 5 strokes · built from 门 and 人
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 闪
- 闪光灯 shǎn guāng dēng flash bulb (photography)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).