123456789Keywordbrightto sparkleto shineto glitterFrequency#3236Strokes9ReadingsshuòMnemonicThe happy 乐 light of a flame 火Stroke orderComposed of火fire乐happyUsed in vocabulary闪烁shǎnshuòto glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate烁shuòbright; luminous闪烁其词shǎnshuòqícíto speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush震古烁今zhèngǔshuòjīn(lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom); (fig.) to be earthshaking