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shǎn

flash, lightning; to dodge, to evade

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 just glimpsed through a door 门
HSK 5 5 strokes Common (11%)

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Stroke Order

1 2 3 4 5

Component Tree i

mén
gate, door, entrance, opening
📷 Pictographic: An open doorway or gate
3 strokes HSK 2
rén
man, person; people
📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being
2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 闪 (61)

shǎndiàn
闪电
HSK 5
lightning / CL:[[道<dào>]]
shǎnshuò
闪烁
HSK 6
flickering / twinkling / evasive / vague (of speech)
shǎn
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
Shǎn
surname Shan
shǎnkāi
闪开
to get out of the way
shǎnshǎn
闪闪
flickering / sparkling / glistening / glittering
shǎnguò
闪过
to flash through (one's mind) / to dodge (away from pursuers)
shǎndiànzhàn
闪电战
Blitzkrieg / lightning war
diànshǎn
电闪
lightning flashes
Shǎnlíng
闪灵
The Shining (1980 Stanley Kubrick film from Stephen King's 1977 novel) / ChthoniC (Taiwanese metal band)
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