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閃 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「門」

道
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On
センせん · sen
Kun
ひらめ.く・ひらめ.き・うかが.うhirame.ku · hirame.ki · ukaga.u
Meaning
to flash

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person 人 in a gate 門: glimpsed for an instant — hence to flash.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 閃光せんこう

    flash of light

  • 閃くひらめく

    to flash; to strike (an idea)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夜空(よぞら)に青(あお)い閃光(せんこう)が走(はし)った。

A blue flash shot across the night sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

閃光閃光light閏interc…閤small…門gate閂the ba…閉to clo…亘extend…舛go aga…尖pointe…苫rush…茜madder
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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