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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How 旬 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week
How to remember it
decameron · Heisig RSH #68
日 day + bound up
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 旬 as their sound component
These characters all use 旬 (xún) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旬 sound component | 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 |
Words containing 旬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |