shǎn

to dodge; to duck out of the way; a flash

Character data

Radical ⾨ (169.2)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

閃 shǎn
  1. 1. to dodge
  2. 2. to duck out of the way
  3. 3. a flash
  4. 4. lightning
  5. 5. to flash (across one's mind)
  6. 6. spark
  7. 7. to beat it
  8. 8. to sprain
  9. 9. to pull a muscle
  10. 10. shaken (by a fall)
  11. 11. to leave behind
  12. 12. (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
  13. 13. surname Shan

Words containing 閃

Word Meaning
lit. flash point; crucial point; essential point
to flash; to sparkle; to appear suddenly
to flicker or flash
flashcard
Hamito-Semitic language family
mishap; accident; accidental loss
lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment
(computing) flash memory
USB flash drive; jump drive; thumb drive
to radiate; to shine; glitter of light
sudden idea; flash of thought
lightning attack; Blitzkrieg
lightning war; Blitzkrieg
the Semites
to flash before one's eyes; to flicker
flash
to flare; to flash
flickering; twinkling; evasive
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
(physics) scintillator
to flash
stabbing pain; intermittent flash of pain
to dazzle; to blink at; to open one's eyes wide
amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
Semitic