Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: flash, brandish

Kunyomi: ひらめ.く ひらめ.き うかが.う

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: gate

Examples

Onyomi Examples

亜鉛鉱 センアエンコウ sphalerite, zinc blende

ウラン鉱 センウランコウ uraninite

イッセン flash, brandish

電光一 デンコウイッセン flash of lightning

Kunyomi Examples

ひらめく to flash (e.g. lightning), to flicker, to glitter, to sparkle, to gleam, to flutter (e.g. flag), to wave, to undulate, to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea), to come to one suddenly

ひらめき flair, flash, insight, flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.), waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)