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閃 = 人 + 門

閃 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “flash”. It is built from 人 (person) and 門 (gates). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2796.

Keyword
flash
RTK frame
2796
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひらめ.く, ひらめ.き, うかが.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
вспышка
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
閃 flash

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 人 person
  2. 門 gates

How to find 閃 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “gates”. 閃 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 閃 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.