# 閃

| 閃 | U+9583, &#38275; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9583 |
| ← 閂 [U+9582] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閄 → [U+9584] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閃 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日弓人 (ANO), four-corner 7780$_7$, composition ⿵門人)

#### Derived characters

* 𬿂, 𪬖, 㨛, 㴸, 𱢚, 熌, 䁡, 𥡕, 䠾, 閷

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1330, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41214
* Dae Jaweon: page 1834, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4282, character 11
* Unihan data for U+9583

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 閃
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 門 (“gate”) + 人 (“person”) — a person running through a gate.

### Etymology 1

Possibly iterative devoicing of 燄 (OC *lamʔ, “to be flaming up”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shǎn (shan$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sám
    (Hailu, HRS): sham$^ˊ$
* Jin (Wiktionary): san$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): sǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): siēng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siám
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siam$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$soe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shenn$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǎn
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^3$
*** Yale: shǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaan
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: san$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: san
*** Sinological IPA : /san⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^2$
*** Yale: sím
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sám
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sham$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃam²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: san$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sæ̃⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siēng
*** Sinological IPA : /sieŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiɛŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiɛŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám
*** Tâi-lô: siám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siarm
*** IPA (Singapore): /siam⁴²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /siam⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siam$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siám
*** Sinological IPA : /siam⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$soe
*** MiniDict: soe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$soe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: shenn$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʂə̃⁴¹/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /sə̃⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: syemX, syemH
Rime :
| Character | 閃 | 閃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 失冉切 | 舒贍切 |
| Baxter | syemX | syemH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇm$^X$/ | /ɕiᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛm$^X$/ | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæm$^X$/ | /ɕjæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiam$^X$/ | /ɕiam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛm$^X$/ | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛm$^X$/ | /ɕĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛm$^X$/ | /ɕi̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shǎn | shàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sim$^2$ | sim$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljamʔ/, /*hljams/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 閃 | 閃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11075 | 11076 |
| Phonetic component | 閃 | 閃 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陝 | 閃 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljamʔ/ | /*hljams/ |

#### Definitions

閃
* to dodge; to evade
    閃身／闪身 ― shǎnshēn ― to dodge
    閃避／闪避 ― shǎnbì ― to dodge
    From: 2020, 马保国 (Ma Baoguo), 《健身房的年轻后生不讲武德偷袭马老师，把马保国老师的眼睛给蹭了一下》
    Wǒ dàyì le, méiyǒu shǎn. [Pinyin]
    I was careless and I didn't dodge.
* to twist; to sprain; to pull a muscle
* to flash
       Nà sījī wèishénme duì wǒ shǎn chēdēng? [Pinyin]
       Why is the driver flashing his lights at me?
* lightning; flash
    打閃／打闪 ― dǎshǎn ― to have lightning
* to sparkle; to shine
* sparkling; shiny
* to rock; to sway
* (dialectal) to leave behind
* (Cantonese, colloquial) to leave, especially quickly or suddenly
* (neologism) affectionate between couples
* a surname

##### Synonyms

* (to dodge):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 避 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 避 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 避 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 避 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 避 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 閃 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 閃 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 閃 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
* (lightning):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 電, 霍閃 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 閃電 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 閃 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 閃電 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 閃 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 閃電 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 閃 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 閃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 閃, 忽閃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 霍閃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 閃電 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 閃電 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 閃電 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 閃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 火閃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 閃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 閃電 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 火閃, 閃, 閃電 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 霍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 火閃, 閃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 閃 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 閃, 閃電 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 閃 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 霍閃, 霍響 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 閃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 閃電 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 閃電 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 天攝 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka) | 天攝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 天霎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 閃電 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 天霎, 閃電 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 閃電 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 天霎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 閃電 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 霍閃 |
| Gan | Pengze | 掣霍 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 劃閃焰 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 火蛇, 火蛇仔 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Taoyuan) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Gaobei) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 火蛇 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 火蛇 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 火蛇 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 火蛇子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 𥍉電 |
| Hakka | Changting | 𥍉電 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 雷公刀子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 火蛇子, 雷公刀子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 雷焰刀 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 雷影, 雷火 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 焰火索 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 閃 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 閃光 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 打焰 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 火閃 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 𥍉爧 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 火蛇𥍉 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Shuangduitun) | 火蛇 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Dashigu) | 閃電 |
| Hakka | Guidong | 雷火閃 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Huiyang) | 火蛇𥍉 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang) | 火蛇𥍉 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 𥍉電 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 火蛇𥍉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 月扇 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 日閃, 熱扇 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 閃電 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 打閃閃 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 閃展 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 火線 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 霍閃 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Jiangjia) | 霍閃 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Meicheng) | 霍閃 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Shouchang) | 霍閃 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 閃 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 閃 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Jiande | 霍線 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Jinhua | 霍閃 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 霍閃 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Tunxi | 火線 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 焰刀 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 火焰刀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 亮線 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 亮線 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 㸎㸎 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 亮線 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 亮線 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 雷爍 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 雷爍 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 雷爍 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 雷爍 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 雷爍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 䟙掣, 䟙爁, 䟙媽, 䟙光, 相爁電 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 䟙爁 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 雷婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 搉爍爁 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 閃電, 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 閃電, 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 閃電, 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爍爁 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 䟙爁, 䟙掣, 閃電 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 閃電 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿公睨目 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿公睨目 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 閃電 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 雷公睨目 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 焱爍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 焱爍 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 雷公閃電 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 霍閃, 閃電 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Danyang | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 龍光閃, 龍山 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 爍龍, 爍電 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 火閃 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 火閃 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Dongyang | 火閃 |
| Wu | Pan'an | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 霍閃 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 霍閃 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 閃, 閃子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 霍閃, 上水 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 霍閃 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 火閃, 閃 |
* (to sparkle):
* 忽閃 / 忽闪
* 晃
* 煥發 / 焕发 (huànfā)
* 𥍉爍 / 𱳅烁 (Hokkien)
* 閃光 / 闪光 (shǎnguāng)
* 閃動 / 闪动 (shǎndòng)
* 閃灼 / 闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
* 閃爍 / 闪烁 (shǎnshuò)
* 閃耀 / 闪耀 (shǎnyào)
* (to rock):
* 振
* 搖動 / 摇动 (yáodòng)
* 搖擺 / 摇摆 (yáobǎi)
* 搖晃 / 摇晃
* 搖曳 / 摇曳 (yáoyè)
* 搖蕩 / 摇荡 (yáodàng)
* 搖顯 / 摇显 (Hokkien)
* 摵 (Hokkien)
* 擺動 / 摆动 (bǎidòng)
* 晃動 / 晃动 (huàngdòng)
* 舞動 / 舞动 (wǔdòng)
* 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
* (to leave):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 走, 離開, 離去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 走, 離開 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 走, 離開 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 走 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 走 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 走 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 走 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 走 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 走 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 走 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 走 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 走 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 走 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 走, 扯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 走 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 走, 扯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 走 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 走 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 走 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 走 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 走 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 走 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 行 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 走 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 走, 行 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 跑, 走 |
| Wu | Danyang | 走 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 走 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 走 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Compounds

* 一閃 / 一闪
* 一閃神 / 一闪神
* 偏閃 / 偏闪
* 光閃閃 / 光闪闪
* 坑閃 / 坑闪
* 太陽閃焰 / 太阳闪焰
* 失閃 / 失闪 (shīshǎn)
* 忽閃 / 忽闪
* 打閃 / 打闪 (dǎshǎn)
* 拋閃 / 抛闪
* 拋閃殺人 / 抛闪杀人
* 挑閃 / 挑闪
* 撇閃 / 撇闪
* 撲閃 / 扑闪
* 東閃西挪 / 东闪西挪
* 波光閃閃 / 波光闪闪
* 活閃婆 / 活闪婆
* 烏鴉閃蛋 / 乌鸦闪蛋
* 熠熠閃亮 / 熠熠闪亮
* 躲躲閃閃 / 躲躲闪闪 (duǒduǒshǎnshǎn)
* 躲閃 / 躲闪 (duǒshǎn)
* 逃閃 / 逃闪
* 金光閃耀 / 金光闪耀
* 金光閃閃 / 金光闪闪
* 閃亮 / 闪亮 (shǎnliàng)
* 閃人 / 闪人 (shǎnrén)
* 閃光 / 闪光 (shǎnguāng)
* 閃光燈 / 闪光灯 (shǎnguāngdēng)
* 閃光點 / 闪光点 (shǎnguāngdiǎn)
* 閃動 / 闪动 (shǎndòng)
* 閃卡 / 闪卡 (shǎnkǎ)
* 閃夜蛾 / 闪夜蛾 (shǎnyè'é)
* 閃失 / 闪失 (shǎnshī)
* 閃婚 / 闪婚 (shǎnhūn)
* 閃存 / 闪存 (shǎncún)
* 閃存盤 / 闪存盘 (shǎncúnpán)
* 閃射 / 闪射
* 閃念 / 闪念 (shǎnniàn)
* 閃擊 / 闪击 (shǎnjī)
* 閃灼 / 闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
* 閃爍 / 闪烁 (shǎnshuò)
* 閃爍其詞 / 闪烁其词 (shǎnshuòqící)
* 閃現 / 闪现 (shǎnxiàn)
* 閃痛 / 闪痛 (shǎntòng)
* 閃眼 / 闪眼
* 閃耀 / 闪耀 (shǎnyào)
* 閃讓 / 闪让 (shǎnràng)
* 閃賺 / 闪赚
* 閃身 / 闪身 (shǎnshēn)
* 閃躲 / 闪躲 (shǎnduǒ)
* 閃轉騰挪 / 闪转腾挪
* 閃退 / 闪退 (shǎntuì)
* 閃過 / 闪过
* 閃避 / 闪避 (shǎnbì)
* 閃閃 / 闪闪 (shǎnshǎn)
* 閃閃爍爍 / 闪闪烁烁
* 閃閃發光 / 闪闪发光
* 閃開 / 闪开 (shǎnkāi)
* 閃離 / 闪离 (shǎnlí)
* 閃電 / 闪电 (shǎndiàn)
* 閃電戰 / 闪电战 (shǎndiànzhàn)
* 閃電行動 / 闪电行动
* 閃露 / 闪露
* 閃音 / 闪音 (shǎnyīn)
* 閃風 / 闪风
* 閃點 / 闪点 (shǎndiǎn)
* 霍閃 / 霍闪 (huòshǎn)
* 靈光一閃 / 灵光一闪
* 騰閃 / 腾闪

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Hebrew שם (Šēm).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shǎn (Shan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sám
* Northern Min (KCR): Sǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): Siēng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Siám
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shǎn
*** Wade–Giles: Shan$^3$
*** Yale: Shǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaan
*** Palladius: Шань (Šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^2$
*** Yale: sím
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sám
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam³¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Sǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Siēng
*** Sinological IPA : /sieŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siám
*** Tâi-lô: Siám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siarm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹/

#### Definitions

閃
* Shem (Biblical character)
    閃含語系／闪含语系 ― Shǎn-Hán yǔxì ― Semito-Hamitic language family

#### Compounds

* 閃含語系 / 闪含语系 (Shǎnhányǔxì)
* 閃族 / 闪族 (Shǎnzú)
* 閃語 / 闪语 (shǎnyǔ)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sihⁿ / sih / síⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sih$^4$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sihⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sinnh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sviq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sĩʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sih
*** Tâi-lô: sih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: síⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: svie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /sĩ⁴²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sĩ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sih$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sih
*** Sinological IPA : /siʔ²/

#### Definitions

閃
* (Southern Min) Alternative form of 爍 / 烁

### References

* “閃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* flash
* brandish

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: ひらめかす (hiramekasu, 閃かす)、ひらめき (hirameki, 閃き)、ひらめく (hirameku, 閃く)、ひろめかす (hiromekasu, 閃かす)、ひろめく (hiromeku, 閃く)

#### Compounds

* 閃閃(せんせん) (sensen)
* 閃(せん)亜鉛(あえん)鉱(こう) (sen-aen-kō)
* 閃一(せんいち) (Sen'ichi)
* 閃(せん)ウラン鉱(こう) (sen-uran-kō)
* 閃影(せんえい) (sen'ei)
* 閃火(せんか) (senka)
* 閃観(せんかん) (Senkan)
* 閃見(せんけん) (senken)
* 閃光(せんこう) (senkō)
* 閃爍(せんしゃく) (senshaku)
* 閃炭(せんたん) (sentan)
* 閃長岩(せんちょうがん) (senchōgan)
* 閃電(せんでん) (senden)
* 閃発(せんぱつ) (senpatsu)
* 閃(せん)マンガン鉱(こう) (sen-mangan-kō)
* 閃揺(せんよう) (sen'yō)
* 閃耀(せんよう) (sen'yō)
* 閃絡(せんらく) (senraku)
* 閃緑岩(せんりょくがん) (senryokugan)
* アクチノ閃石(せんせき) (Akuchino-senseki)
* アルベゾン閃石(せんせき) (Arubezon-senseki)
* 一閃(いっせん) (issen)
* 角閃岩(かくせんがん) (kakusengan)
* 角閃石(かくせんせき) (kakusenseki)
* カミントン閃石(せんせき) (Kaminton-senseki)
* 眼閃(がんせん) (gansen)
* 神津(こうづ)閃石(せんせき) (Kōzu-senseki)
* 交閃灯(こうせんとう) (kōsentō)
* 曹閃石(そうせんせき) (sōsenseki)
* 直閃石(ちょくせんせき) (chokusenseki)
* 電閃(でんせん) (densen)
* 透閃石(とうせんせき) (tōsenseki)
* パーガス閃石(せんせき) (Pāgasu-senseki)
* 白閃(ハクセン) (hakusen)
* 藍閃石(らんせんせき) (ransenseki)
* 榴閃岩(りゅうせんがん) (ryūsengan)
* 緑閃石(りょくせんせき) (ryokusenseki)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 閃
* せん Jinmeiyō
* on'yomi
/ɕʲem/ → /ɕemu/ → /seɴ/
From Middle Chinese 閃 (MC syemX|syemH).

### Proper noun

閃(せん) • (Sen)
* a female given name

## Korean
### Hanja

閃 (eumhun 번쩍일 섬 (beonjjeogil seom))
* hanja form of 섬 (“flash”)

#### Compounds

* 섬광 (閃光, seomgwang, “flash, glint”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

閃: Hán Nôm readings: thiểm
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.