Entry
  1. Noun

    flair; flash

    Usually written using kana alone

    私は遠くに稲妻のひらめきを見た。
    I saw flashes of lightning in the distance.
  2. insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

flash, brandish

Kun
ひらめ.くひらめ.きうかが.う
On
セン
Strokes
10
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
gate

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
3-8-2SKIP code
8e2.1The Kanji Dictionary
7780.7Four corner code
9583Unicode hex code
1-33-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4942Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6383New Nelson (John Haig)
4114Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2830Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2774Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2796Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
41214Morohashi
shan3Pinyin reading
seomKorean reading