瞬 – wink, blink, twinkle

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1265 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 瞬 means wink, blink, twinkle. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュン (shun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is またた.く、まじろ.ぐ (matataku, majirogu). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 目 (no. 109).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュン	shun
Kun’yomi	またた.く	matataku
Kun’yomi	まじろ.ぐ	majirogu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 目 (Kangxi radical 109). Components: 牛・舛・爪・目・夕・冖.

Words using 瞬

瞬間しゅんかんmoment一瞬いっしゅんinstant瞬きまばたきblink (of eyes)

Example sentences

この瞬間は歴史に記録されるだろう。

This moment will be recorded in history.

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それは私にとってはらはらする一瞬だった。

It was a nervous moment for me.

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Kanji with the same radical

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