Read Edit View history Discussion 閃 shǎn HSK4 flash Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person (人) peeking through the space in the middle of a door (門). Based on the original meaning "peek". The meaning later shifted to "dodge" and "flash". Pinyin Separate values with commas shǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 闪 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 閃 Simp strokes 閃 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 閃 Simp strokes 閃 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 閃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 200, 737 ], [ 234, 691 ], [ 240, 615 ], [ 236, 344 ], [ 214, 114 ], [ 220, 50 ] ], [ [ 257, 721 ], [ 275, 714 ], [ 331, 731 ], [ 386, 738 ], [ 415, 712 ], [ 400, 612 ], [ 392, 501 ], [ 383, 477 ], [ 371, 477 ] ], [ [ 264, 584 ], [ 276, 595 ], [ 296, 600 ], [ 328, 604 ], [ 349, 599 ] ], [ [ 260, 466 ], [ 274, 479 ], [ 348, 493 ], [ 362, 502 ] ], [ [ 584, 779 ], [ 603, 758 ], 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311 585 345 590 Q 366 594 357 605 Q 347 618 324 620 Q 303 621 267 608 Q 263 607 261 603 C 243 579 243 578 260 578 Z", "M 256 461 Q 263 460 272 462 Q 302 469 362 473 C 392 475 395 492 369 506 Q 366 507 363 510 Q 348 517 257 493 C 228 485 226 463 256 461 Z", "M 626 772 Q 616 779 591 787 Q 581 791 577 787 Q 570 783 576 767 Q 598 688 597 568 Q 596 531 611 504 Q 624 482 631 496 Q 634 503 637 513 L 641 541 Q 641 580 638 628 L 637 654 Q 634 715 634 739 C 634 768 634 768 626 772 Z", "M 799 527 Q 800 91 782 58 Q 778 52 757 57 Q 732 63 705 69 Q 683 78 684 67 Q 739 12 770 -28 Q 785 -49 801 -54 Q 811 -58 821 -48 Q 867 9 866 65 Q 853 288 853 649 Q 852 713 867 742 Q 880 764 867 775 Q 843 796 803 813 Q 781 822 730 796 Q 688 781 626 772 C 596 767 604 735 634 739 Q 650 739 753 762 Q 772 766 781 754 Q 796 741 795 694 Q 796 618 798 548 L 799 527 Z", "M 638 628 Q 639 628 644 628 Q 701 635 744 641 Q 766 645 757 657 Q 747 670 723 674 Q 681 680 637 654 C 611 639 608 628 638 628 Z", "M 637 513 Q 640 513 644 513 Q 773 528 799 527 C 825 527 821 529 798 548 Q 788 557 772 561 Q 747 567 641 541 C 612 534 607 513 637 513 Z", "M 495 359 Q 525 419 532 429 Q 539 438 534 447 Q 528 457 501 472 Q 482 484 473 481 Q 460 478 462 464 Q 471 362 346 247 Q 334 237 320 224 Q 313 217 319 215 Q 341 206 409 257 Q 446 282 485 341 L 495 359 Z", "M 485 341 Q 486 340 490 336 Q 554 296 631 233 Q 647 218 660 217 Q 667 217 672 226 Q 681 239 665 274 Q 644 319 495 359 C 466 367 464 362 485 341 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.