瞬

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

Translingual

Han character

瞬 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 817, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23694
• Dae Jaweon: page 1230, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2514, character 9
• Unihan data for U+77AC

Chinese

trad.		瞬
simp. #		瞬
alternative forms		瞚 䀢 瞤／𥆧

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
舛	*tʰjonʔ
荈	*tʰjonʔ
僢	*l̥ʰjunʔ
舜	*hljuns
瞬	*hljuns
蕣	*hljuns

Characters in the same phonetic series (舛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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

Pronunciation

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
Baxter	sywinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕwinH/
Li Rong	/ɕiuĕnH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon3

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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùn (shun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sun⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): sūng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sùn / sut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùn
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴
    • Yale: shwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuenn
    • Palladius: шунь (šunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sun⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn
    • Tâi-lô: sùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /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.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: sywinH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljuns/

Definitions

瞬

1. to wink; to blink
2. instant; moment; blink of an eye

Compounds

• 一瞬 (yīshùn)
• 一瞬間 / 一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
• 倏瞬
• 流光瞬息
• 浮生瞬息
• 瞬即
• 瞬子 (shùnzǐ)
• 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 (shùnxīwànbiàn)
• 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)

Japanese

Shinjitai	瞬
Kyūjitai [1]	瞬󠄃 瞬+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 瞬

瞬

(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)、しばたく (shibataku, 瞬く)、しばたたく (shibatataku, 瞬く)、まじろぎ (majirogi, 瞬ぎ)、まじろぐ (majirogu, 瞬ぐ)、またたき (matataki, 瞬き)、まばたき (mabataki, 瞬き)、まばたく (mabataku, 瞬く)、めばたき (mebataki, 瞬き)、めまじろき (memajiroki, 瞬)

References

1. “瞬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

瞬: Hán Nôm readings: thuấn

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