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Kanji for Shun
The kanji most commonly used for "Shun" are 俊、駿、舜.
俊
Kanji that mean Shun
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俊
excellent, talented
Also associated with handsome.
Onyomi: shun 9 strokes Jōyō
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駿
swift horse, great
Also associated with superior.
Onyomi: shun, sun Kunyomi: sugu.reru 17 strokes Jinmeiyō
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舜
type of morning glory, rose of Sharon, althea
Onyomi: shun 13 strokes Jinmeiyō
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旬
season, ten-day period, decade
Onyomi: jun, shun 6 strokes Jōyō
The characters listed under the English verb — 疎 and 避 — are accurate translations and almost certainly not what you are after. 疎 is to be estranged, distant or sparse (疎遠, estrangement; 過疎, rural depopulation), and 避 is to avoid or evade (避難, evacuation; 回避, avoidance). Neither is used as a name or worn as a word.
As a Japanese reading, Shun is a common male given name, and the choice of character is what distinguishes one bearer from another. 俊 means talented, excellent, outstanding — the usual choice, and the character in 俊敏 (quick and sharp). 駿 is swiftness, from the sense of a fine fast horse (駿馬). 舜 is the name of the legendary sage-emperor Shun of Chinese antiquity, a Jinmeiyō character used almost only as a name.
Separately, 旬 is the everyday word shun: the short season when a food is at its peak — 旬の魚, fish in season — and also a ten-day division of the month.
Before you use Shun kanji
If you mean the name Shun, use 俊 — it is the standard, positive choice, with 駿 the usual alternative. Do not use 疎 or 避: they render the English verb "to shun" and mean "estranged" and "to avoid," which is not something anyone wears.