瞬 means “instant, blink”

しゅん · shun

Also: wink, twinkle

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

またたく, まじろぐ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 18 strokes

The story

An eye (目) beside 舜, which lends its sound, しゅん: the blink of an eye. 一瞬 is an instant, 瞬間 is the very moment something happens, and stars that 瞬く are twinkling in the night sky.

Used in 一瞬 (isshun, an instant), 瞬間 (shunkan, moment), and 瞬く (matataku, to twinkle/blink)

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