灿
燦càn
#2,586 most
frequent character
glorious, bright, brilliant
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
灿 has 火 fire as the meaning part and 山 shān as the sound part. Its first sense was bright or dazzling to the eyes. That grew to brilliant.
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