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璨

càn
adjective #95,423

Meanings

  1. 1 bright; lustrous (of gems)

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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