璨

璨 · càn

gems; luster of gems; lustrous

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
càn
Cantonese
caan3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

gems; luster of gems; lustrous

Dictionary definitions & readings

璨 càn · gem; luster of gem

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21139.160:càn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0104.080:càn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
031.170:càn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
càn粵caan3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
찬:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蒼案 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MGYED Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1719.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0742.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
402.09 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+74A8
Radical
玉 · 96
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6195

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
璨
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tshanH · 蒼案 · 山開一去寒清 · #2643

PHONO-ML, source line 14747; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
900.501
kDaeJaweon
1152.010
kHanYu
21139.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
1152.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21139.160
kIRGKangXi
0742.300
kKangXi
0742.300
kMatthews
6693
kMeyerWempe
3241a
kMorohashi
21270
kSBGY
402.09
kSMSZD2003Index
432.06
kCangjie
MGYED
kFourCornerCode
1719.4
kMojiJoho
MJ017454
kPhonetic
31
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AGTKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6832
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0F6
kIRG_JSource
J13-783F
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-ECC0
kIRG_KSource
K0-733F
kIRG_TSource
T1-7441
kRSUnicode
96.13
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0F6
kCCCII
225B6E
kCNS1986
1-7441
kCNS1992
1-7441
kEACC
225B6E
kGB0
7218
kGB1
7218
kJIS0213
1,88,31
kJis1
4462
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3881
kTGH
2013:6195
kTaiwanTelegraph
3881
kXerox
271:306
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14837+96.4.13
kCantonese
caan3
kDefinition
gems; luster of gems; lustrous
kFanqie
蒼案
kHangul
찬:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21139.160:càn
kJapanese
サン
kJapaneseOn
SAN
kKorean
CHAN
kMandarin
càn
kSMSZD2003Readings
càn粵caan3
kTGHZ2013
031.170:càn
kXHC1983
0104.080:càn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
6dictionary records using 璨0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
𤣩 beside 粲 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰𤣩粲$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𤣩粲$(GHTJKP)

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