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旬

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(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2]); (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4 xun2] "sixty years old")

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Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
6
Radical
日 +2
Structure
Upper-right enclosure 右上包
Traditional
旬
Common rank
#2,180
Unicode
U+65EC

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Formation & memory

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How 旬 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week

Components 勹 日

How to remember it

decameron · Heisig RSH #68

日 day + bound up

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 旬

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
旬阳市 Xún yáng Shì Xunyang, a county-level city in Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi
三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom); fig. (of a family) on the brink of st…
四旬节 sì xún jié First Sunday of Lent
五旬节 wǔ xún jié Pentecost
旬输月送 xún shū yuè sòng pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated …
中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month
上旬 shàng xún first third of a month
下旬 xià xún last third of the month
旬日 xún rì (literary) ten days; short period
旬时 xún shí ten days
旬阳 Xún yáng see 旬陽市|旬阳市[Xun2 yang2 Shi4]
旬年 xún nián full year; ten years
旬期 xún qī ten days
八旬 bā xún 80 years; one's eighties; 80 days
旬首 xún shǒu start of a ten day period
六旬 liù xún 60 years; one's sixties; 60 days
旬邑县 Xún yì Xiàn Xunyi, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi
由旬 yóu xún yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
七旬 qī xún 70 years; one's seventies; 70 days
四旬斋 sì xún zhāi Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

Sound family

These characters use 旬 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
旬 sound part xún ten-day period; period of time
询 xún to ask about, to inquire into; to consult
殉 xùn martyr; to die for a cause
徇 xùn to follow, to comply with; to display
荀 xún plant, herb; surname
绚 xuàn variegated, adorned; brilliant
峋 xún foothill, mountain range
洵 xún true, real; truly, really
郇 xún an ancient feudal state in Shaanxi province
恂 xún careful; honest, sincere; to trust