灿 (càn): glorious, bright, brilliant
灿 (càn) is a Chinese character meaning “glorious.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (semantic) and 山 (phonetic). It ranks #2482 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 灿 fire. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- glorious
- bright
- brilliant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灿烂 | càn làn | to glitter |
| 金灿灿 | jīn càn càn | golden-bright and dazzling |
| 灿烂多彩 | càn làn duō cǎi | multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc) |
| 灿若繁星 | càn ruò fán xīng | bright as a multitude of stars (idiom) |
| 灿笑 | càn xiào | to smile brightly |
| 舌灿莲花 | shé càn lián huā | (idiom) eloquent |
| 港灿 | gǎng càn | (derog.) Hong Konger |
| 绮灿 | qǐ càn | enchanting |
灿 appears in 8 compound words: 50 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 灿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
篝火晚会上，大家手拉手围着灿堆跳舞。
篝 huǒ wǎn huì shǎng , dà jiā shǒu lā shǒu wéi zhe càn duī tiào wǔ .
At the bonfire party, everyone danced hand in hand around the blazing fire.
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càn 坤 shǒu dù qián jìn 2 0 2 6 tái běi chǒng wù zhǎn ! xiàn chǎng shēn bàn huì . . .
Cankun is advancing to the 2026 Taipei Pet Show for the first time! On-site bidding meeting...
抢攻开学开工商机 灿坤携手HP推出“交心日”祭万元抽奖与旧换...
qiǎng gōng kāi xué kāi gōng shāng jī càn 坤 xié shǒu H P tuī chū jiāo xīn rì jì wàn yuán chōu jiǎng yǔ jiù huàn . . .
Rushing to open business opportunities at the start of school Cankun and HP launched the "Heart-to-Heart Day" 10,000 yuan lottery and exchange...
智慧经营/华安医学总经理江铭灿 里程碑管理术 有一套
zhì huì jīng yíng huá ān yī xué zǒng jīng lǐ jiāng míng càn lǐ chéng bēi guǎn lǐ shù yǒu yī tào
Smart management/Jiang Mingcan, general manager of Huaan Medical, has a set of milestone management techniques
这个世界是灿烂的吗？
Zhège shìjiè shì cànlàn de ma?
Is it splendid, this world?
寒冷干燥，灿烂的阳光，多么美丽的冬日天气!
Hánlěng gānzào, cànlàn de yángguāng, duōme měilì de dōng rì tiānqì!
Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!
Character Family
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