Chinese symbol for “glint”
闪耀
shǎn yào
Traditional: 閃耀
to glint; to glitter; to sparkle; to radiate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glint is 闪耀 (shǎn yào), defined as: to glint; to glitter; to sparkle; to radiate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “glint”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 闪耀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闪电 (閃電) | shǎn diàn | lightning; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 闪亮 (閃亮) | shǎn liàng | brilliant; shiny |
| 闪烁 (閃爍) | shǎn shuò | to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate |
| 闪光 (閃光) | shǎn guāng | flash |
| 闪闪 (閃閃) | shǎn shǎn | flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering |
| 荣耀 (榮耀) | róng yào | honor; glory |
| 炫耀 | xuàn yào | dazzling; to show off; to flaunt |
| 耀眼 | yào yǎn | to dazzle; dazzling |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glint”.
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.