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Chinese symbol for “flashback”

闪回
shǎn huí
Traditional: 閃回
flashback; to flash back

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flashback is 闪回 (shǎn huí), defined as: flashback; to flash back.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

闪 shǎn
flash, lightning; to dodge, to evade
radical 169 ⾨ · 5 strokes
回 huí
to return, to turn around; a time
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “flashback”

WordPinyinMeaning
倒叙 (倒敘)dào xùto start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning; to flash back

Related words

Other words that share a character with 闪回.

WordPinyinMeaning
闪电 (閃電)shǎn diànlightning; measure word: 道 (dào)
闪亮 (閃亮)shǎn liàngbrilliant; shiny
闪耀 (閃耀)shǎn yàoto glint; to glitter
闪烁 (閃爍)shǎn shuòto glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate
闪光 (閃光)shǎn guāngflash
闪闪 (閃閃)shǎn shǎnflickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering
回来 (回來)huí laito return; to come back
回到huí dàoto return to

See also: Japanese symbol for “flashback”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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