瞬

瞬 U+77AC, 瞬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77AC ← 瞫 [U+77AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 瞭 → [U+77AD]

Translingual

Han character

瞬 (radical 109, 目+12 in Chinese, 目+13 in Japanese, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 月山月月手 (BUBBQ), four-corner 6205₂, composition ⿰目舜)

References

• KangXi: page 817, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23694
• Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2514, character 9
• Unihan data for U+77AC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		瞬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (舛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
舛	*tʰjonʔ
荈	*tʰjonʔ
僢	*l̥ʰjunʔ
舜	*hljuns
瞬	*hljuns
蕣	*hljuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljuns): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 舜 (OC *hljuns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùn (shun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
• Min Nan (POJ): sùn / sut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuenn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn
    • Tâi-lô: sùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /sun²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sut
    • Tâi-lô: sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sud
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sut̚³²/

Note: sut - 摔 is used in the Mainland.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiuɪn^H/▼

Rime
Character	瞬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒閏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕwinH/
Li Rong	/ɕiuĕnH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shùn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljuns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞬
Reading #	1/1
No.	1644
Phonetic component	舛
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	舜
Old Chinese	/*hljuns/

Definitions

瞬

1. to wink; to blink
2. instant

Compounds

• 一瞬 (yīshùn)
• 一瞬間／一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
• 倏瞬
• 流光瞬息
• 浮生瞬息

• 瞬即
• 瞬息 (shùnxī)
• 瞬息之間／瞬息之间
• 瞬息千變／瞬息千变
• 瞬息萬變／瞬息万变

• 瞬時速度／瞬时速度 (shùnshí sùdù)
• 瞬目
• 瞬間／瞬间 (shùnjiān)
• 瞬間目標／瞬间目标
• 轉瞬／转瞬 (zhuǎnshùn)

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Japanese

Kanji

瞬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. wink
2. blink
3. twinkle

Readings

• Go-on: しゅん (shun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun, Jōyō)
• Kun: またたく (matataku, 瞬く, Jōyō); またたき (matataki)

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Korean

Hanja

瞬 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)

1. wink
2. blink
3. in a wink
4. a flash