The kanji 瞬: meaning, readings and stroke order

瞬

Meaning: blink, instant
On reading: シュン shun
Kun reading: またた（く） matataku
Strokes: 18
Radical: 目 eye
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chớp mắt, khoảnh khắc (thuấn)
Japanese: まばたき。ほんのすこしのあいだ。
Korean: 깜박이다, 순간 (순)
Chinese: 眨眼、瞬间

Readings, words and example sentences

シュン shun · on reading

瞬しゅん間かん
moment, instant
その 瞬しゅん間かんを写真にとりました。
I took a picture of that moment.

またた（く） matataku · kun reading · less common

瞬またたく
to twinkle, to blink
星が 瞬またたいて います。
The stars are twinkling.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.