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Kotomora

閃

flash, brandish

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • セン

Kun'yomi

  • ひらめ.く
  • ひらめ.き
  • うかが.う

Meaning

閃 centers on a sudden, brief burst of light or motion: a flash, or the quick, sweeping action of brandishing something.

Most common words using 閃

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  • 閃光せんこう

    flash (of light); glint

  • 閃くひらめく
    N1

    to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to glitter; to sparkle; to gleam

  • 閃きひらめき

    flair; flash

  • 一閃いっせん

    flash (of light); glint

  • アルベゾン閃石アルベゾンせんせき

    arfvedsonite

  • 白刃一閃はくじんいっせん

    (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword

  • 直閃石ちょくせんせき

    anthophyllite

  • 礬土直閃石ばんどちょくせんせき

    gedrite

  • 神津閃石こうづせんせき

    mangano-ferri-eckermannite; kozulite

  • 紫電一閃しでんいっせん

    flash of lightning; flash of a sword; brandishing a sword

  • 緑閃光りょくせんこう

    green flash (optical phenomenon occurring shortly after sunset or before sunrise)

  • 緑閃石りょくせんせき

    actinolite

  • 花崗閃緑岩かこうせんりょくがん

    granodiorite

  • 藍閃石らんせんせき

    glaucophane

  • 角閃安山岩かくせんあんざんがん

    hornblende andesite

  • 角閃岩かくせんがん

    amphibolite

  • 角閃片岩かくせんへんがん

    hornblende schist

  • 角閃石かくせんせき

    amphibole

  • 透角閃石とうかくせんせき

    tremolite

  • 透閃石とうせんせき

    tremolite

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Etymology

閃 combines 門 (gate) with 人 (person), suggesting a person glimpsed through a gate—a fleeting, flashing appearance.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a person 人 darting through a gate 門 so quickly that you only catch a flash of movement. That sudden glimpse is the core of 閃: a flash or a quick brandish.

Reading mnemonic

For セン, imagine a flash of light from a camera's sensor: sensor -> セン, and the flash captures the fleeting moment.