漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
燦: brilliant
JLPT N117 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 火fire(meaning)
- 粲(form)
火 carries the meaning · 粲 is drawn in
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サンsan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 燦さんbrilliant; resplendent
- 燦然さんぜんbrilliant; radiant; bright
- 燦点さんてんspeculum
Also read さんたる, あきらか, きらめく, きらめく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at 火 and see the campfire! The central stroke is the main flame, and the side strokes are sparks dancing in the wind.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 灿 · traditional, as in Japanese · càn
Japan keeps the traditional form 燦; mainland China simplifies it to 灿.
- Simplified
- 灿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 燦 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin càn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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