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瞬間

しゅんかん

instant, moment

Mnemonic

The same Khan かん you met in 時間 checking his watch, except this time he only looks down for as long as a blink. That is all the warning you got before the cat went: しゅんかん.

Worth knowing

間 reads かん here, the same as in 時間 じかん.

Built from

blink, instant
目 an eye on the left, open exactly as long as a blink.
interval, gap
門 gate + 日 sun

Words sharing these kanji

instant, for a moment time, hour human being, people interval (of time, space, etc.) interval, duration of time, pause comrade, peer to be mistaken, to be incorrect space, room before one knows, unnoticed to be in time, to answer the purpose, to be good enough mistake, error to mistake, to confuse

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