闪

Traditional (Taiwan): 閃

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

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shǎn ㄕㄢˇ

- 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
- (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
  Internet slang
- surname Shan

Other words read shǎn

In the same tone

陕 shǎn short name for Shaanxi 陕西 shǎnxī
掺 shǎn grasp
睒 shǎn furtively glance

shan with other tones

山 shān mountain
善 shàn good
单 shàn surname Shan
扇 shàn fan
珊 shān coral

All 42 words read shan in any tone

How 闪 is written

部首 radical: 门
笔画 strokes: 5, with 2 after the 部首
结构 structure: 上三包围结构
偏旁 parts: 门人

Easy to confuse with 闪

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Words with 闪

Starting with 闪

闪电 shǎndiàn lightning
闪烁 shǎnshuò glisten
闪避 shǎnbì dodge
闪动 shǎndòng flicker or flash
闪闪 shǎnshǎn flickering

All 53 words starting with 闪

Ending with 闪

闪闪 shǎnshǎn flickering
躲闪 duǒshǎn evade
躲躲闪闪 duǒduǒshǎnshǎn evade
电闪 diànshǎn lightning flashes
忽闪 hūshǎn glitter

All 11 words ending with 闪

Containing 闪

一闪而过 yīshǎnérguò flash past
角闪石 jiǎoshǎnshí hornblende
一闪念 yīshǎnniàn sudden idea
快闪党 kuàishǎndǎng flash mobbers
快闪存储器 kuàishǎncúnchǔqì flash memory

All 10 words containing 闪

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