灿烂 cànlàn▶ espléndido

Stroke order

灿烂 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 灿 — 7 strokes
• 烂 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to glitter
2. brilliant
3. splendid

Related words

• 腐烂Decadencia; Descomposición
• 烂podrido

灿烂 is pronounced cànlàn and means “espléndido”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 灿烂 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.