閃
flash, brandish
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
20 of 34- 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
Study
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.