càn
vivid
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound. Simplified form of 燦.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 灿
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to glitter | ||
glorious | ||
golden-bright and dazzling | ||
bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.8192% of movies
2790th most common character in movies
2591st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+707F |
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