霎 almost always appears in the time word 霎时 (霎时, 'in an instant') or 一霎 (一霎, 'a moment'). The original sense, a quick passing drizzle, gave rise to the 'very brief instant' meaning.
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Rain 雨 over 妾 (妾): a sudden short shower passes as quickly as a glance — picture a drizzle that is over in a blink. That fleeting shower is the 'instant' meaning.
雨 is the rain radical (top form). The character first meant a brief passing drizzle, which is why it sits in the weather family before it came to mean 'an instant'.
