闪shǎn
to flash, flicker. 5 strokes, radical 门, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin shǎnStrokes 5Radical 门Band HSK 4Words 2
What 闪 is made of
门 (mén, gate) and 人 (rén, man).
A man 人 just glimpsed through a door 门.
How to write 闪
Strokes 1–3 write 门, then strokes 4–5 write 人.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 闪
Words that use 闪
| 闪 | to flash, flicker 光忽然亮一下马上又暗下去 广场上的灯火忽然一闪，十分好看。The lights on the square to flicker briefly and look lovely. Lesson 329, 善念春华与邻里欢歌 · 金秋佳景与善邻新篇 · Golden Harvests, Clean Energy & Community Warmth |
| 闪电 | lightning 暴风雨中天空突然出现的一道亮光 窗外一道闪电划过漆黑的夜空。Outside the window a flash of lightning streaked across the pitch-black sky. Lesson 328, 云霞变幻与人间关怀 · 金秋佳景与善邻新篇 · Golden Harvests, Clean Energy & Community Warmth |
More characters with the radical 门
All 11 of them, and what the radical means, on the 门 radical page.