Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Shun Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 1058, Entry 31 Pronounced shun (falling tone). According to the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it refers to the flower of the wood hibiscus, which opens in the morning and fades by evening. Lu Dian states that the name implies a single moment in time. It is also written as shun. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zheng Feng: Her appearance is as beautiful as the wood hibiscus flower. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it is written as a variant form.