Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Eye (mù) Entry: Shun Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 815, Entry 42 Pronounced shun Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters) states: To blink the eyes open and closed repeatedly. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Bian Que: The eyes are dizzy and do not blink. Zhuangzi, Geng Sang Chu: Gazing all day without blinking. Commentary: Eye movement is called shun. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as shun, shun, or shun.