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璨

càn
adjective #95,423

Meanings

  1. 1 bright; lustrous (of gems)

Examples

夜空中的星星璀璨夺目。
Yèkōng zhōng de xīngxing cuǐcàn duómù.
The stars in the night sky are bright and dazzling.
她收到了一枚璀璨的钻戒。
Tā shōudào le yì méi cuǐcàn de zuànjiè.
She received a sparkling diamond ring.

Tips

memory
Pair it with 璀 as 璀璨. Both share the jade radical 王 on the left — picture two gems flashing side by side, which is exactly what 'brilliant, dazzling' pictures.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade (left-side form); king
Left side is the jade radical 王 (a flattened 玉, jade). It places 璨 among the words describing the shine of precious stones.
phonetic
粲 càn
bright; polished rice
Right side 粲 gives the exact sound càn and a real flavor of meaning: 粲 itself means 'bright' or 'beaming', reinforcing the dazzle in 璀璨.

Stroke Order

璨 càn