瞬 (seon3 | shun4) : wink; twinkling

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瞬

seon3

shun4

[1] [n] wink; twinkling; instant
[2] [v] wink; blink; twinkle

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: 目 (#109)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

瞬

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瞬間 seon3 gaan1*3 shun4 jian1 = instaneous; in a flash; momentary

一瞬 jat1 seon3 yi1 shun4 = an instant; a flash; the twinkling of an eye

轉瞬 zyun2 seon3 zhuan3 shun4 = in a twinkle; in a wink; in a flash

瞬時 seon3 si4 shun4 shi2 = instantaneous

瞬息 seon3 sik1 shun4 xi1 [PRC] xi2 [TW] = instant; flash; twinkling

瞬息間 seon3 sik1 gaan1 shun4 xi1 [PRC] xi2 [TW] jian1 = a split second; in the twinkling of an eye

瞬息萬變 seon3 sik1 maan6 bin3 shun4 xi1 [PRC] xi2 [TW] wan4 bian4 = many changes that take place in extremely short period of time; rapid changes

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Decimal representation of this word: 瞬
Unicode code for this character: U+77ac (off-site link)

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