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睒

shǎn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to glance furtively; to blink
  2. 2 to glitter; to flash

Examples

一睒眼就没了。
Yì shǎn yǎn jiù méi le.
In a single blink it was gone.
远处的灯火在夜里微微睒动。
Yuǎnchù de dēnghuǒ zài yèlǐ wēiwēi shǎn dòng.
Distant lights flickered faintly in the night.

Tips

memory
Eye 目 plus flame 炎: an eye blinking quickly, like a flickering flame. It overlaps in sense with the far more common 闪 (to flash).

Components

radical
目 mù
eye
The eye radical on the left supplies the core meaning: quick movement of the eye, that is, blinking or a darting glance.
phonetic
炎 yán
flame; blaze
Two fire elements stacked give the sound and a flicker of meaning: the rapid, flame-like quality of blinking and glittering.

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Stroke Order

睒 shǎn