# 瞬

| 瞬 | U+77AC, &#30636; 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 6205$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 舛 | *tʰjonʔ |
| 荈 | *tʰjonʔ |
| 僢 | *l̥ʰjunʔ |
| 舜 | *hljuns |
| 瞬 | *hljuns |
| 蕣 | *hljuns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljuns) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 舜 (OC *hljuns).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shùn (shun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seon$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sun$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sūng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sùn / sut
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sung$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shùn
*** Wade–Giles: shun$^4$
*** Yale: shwùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuenn
*** Palladius: шунь (šunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seon$^3$
*** Yale: seun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soen$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵn³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sun⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sūng
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sung$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sùng
*** Sinological IPA : /suŋ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: sywinH
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 | /ɕiuɪn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕʷin$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjuen$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕwin$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiuĕn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭuĕn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯uĕn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shùn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seon$^3$ |
* 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
* to wink; to blink
* 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 | 瞬󠄃 瞬+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* wink
* blink
* 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

* ↑ “瞬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

瞬 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun, Yale swun)
* wink
* blink
* in a wink
* a flash

## Vietnamese
### Han character

瞬: Hán Nôm readings: thuấn
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