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瞬 = 目 + 爪 + 冖 + 舛

瞬 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wink”. It is built from 目 (eye), 爪 (claw), 冖 (cover) and 舛 (oppose). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 880.

Keyword
wink
RTK frame
880
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
またた.く, まじろ.ぐ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
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Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
瞬 wink

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 目 eye
  2. 爪 claw
  3. 冖 cover
  4. 舛 oppose

How to find 瞬 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eye” + “claw” + “cover”. 瞬 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 瞬 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.