漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
旬: decameron, ten-day period
Also: season (for specific products)
JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
日 carries the meaning · 勹 gives the sound
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジュンjun · on'yomi · in compounds
- 旬じゅんten-day period (in a month)
- 下旬げじゅんlast third of a month
- 中旬ちゅうじゅんmiddle ten days of a month
- 上旬じょうじゅんfirst third of a month
- 初旬しょじゅんfirst 10 days of the month
- 旬報じゅんぽうten-day report
Also read シュン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side旬 decameron · 勹
vs更 grow late · 一 + 乂In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xún
Same form: 旬 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 旬 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 旬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xún most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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