灿
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glorious; bright; brilliant; lustrous; resplendent
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 火 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 燦
- Common rank
- #3,491
- Unicode
- U+707F
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 灿
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灿烂多彩 | multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc) | |
| 灿若繁星 | bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent | |
| 舌灿莲花 | (idiom) eloquent; entertaining in one's speech | |
| 港灿 | (derog.) Hong Konger | |
| 灿笑 | to smile brightly | |
| 金灿灿 | golden-bright and dazzling | |
| 灿烂 | to glitter; brilliant; splendid | |
| 绮灿 | enchanting; gorgeous |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 山 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山 sound part | mountain, hill, peak | |
| 仙 | god; fairy; immortal, transcendent | |
| 炭 | carbon, charcoal, coal | |
| 汕 | bamboo; basket for catching fish; Shantou | |
| 讪 | to abuse, to slander, to vilify; to ridicule | |
| 籼 | non-glutinous long-grain rice | |
| 舢 | sampan, wooden boat | |
| 赸 | to jump; to leave | |
| 疝 | hernia; to rupture | |
| 氙 | xenon |