shǎn

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

HSK 5 #1113

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1113th character
Radical ⾨ (169.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 305
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

闪 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

Stroke order

闪 stroke order diagram
闪 stroke order animation

Words containing 闪

Word Meaning
to flare; to flash
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
(physics) scintillator
stabbing pain; intermittent flash of pain
to dazzle; to blink at; to open one's eyes wide
amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
Semitic
Semitic language
to jump out of the way
to dodge
to dodge; to evade
scintillation
to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
(of a mobile app) to crash on startup; to crash
to flash through (one's mind)
variant of shǎn shuò
to get divorced shortly after marriage
lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment
to reveal momentarily
The Shining; Taiwanese metal band
flash point (chemistry)
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