EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to glitter; to sparkle; to gleam

    Usually written using kana alone

    素晴らしい考えがひらめいた。
    A wonderful idea just ran through my mind.
  2. to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to undulate

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

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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