Chinese symbol for “gleam”
忽闪
hū shǎn
Traditional: 忽閃
to glitter; to gleam; to sparkle; to flash
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gleam is 忽闪 (hū shǎn), defined as: to glitter; to gleam; to sparkle; to flash.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 忽闪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忽视 (忽視) | hū shì | to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 忽然 | hū rán | suddenly; all of a sudden |
| 疏忽 | shū hu | to neglect; to overlook |
| 忽悠 | hū you | to rock; to sway |
| 玩忽职守 (玩忽職守) | wán hū zhí shǒu | to neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty |
| 闪电 (閃電) | shǎn diàn | lightning; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 闪亮 (閃亮) | shǎn liàng | brilliant; shiny |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gleam”.
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.