瞬

shùn
#2,110 most
frequent character
to wink

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

瞬 links 目, eye and sight, with 舜 shùn as a sound part. The eye part gives the first sense, to wink or blink. A blink is over in a moment, so the meaning grew to 'moment, instant'.

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Homophones

顺shùn
along, with, obey, yield to

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