旬 — Chinese character
旬
xún
ten-day period; period of time
- Pinyin
- xún
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 勹 日
- Formation
- ideographic — A cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week
- Japanese
- 旬 as a kanji
Common words with 旬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中旬 | zhōng xún | middle third of a month |
| 下旬 | xià xún | last third of the month |
| 上旬 | shàng xún | first third of a month |
| 七旬 | qī xún | 70 years; one's seventies; 70 days |
| 六旬 | liù xún | 60 years; one's sixties; 60 days |
| 八旬 | bā xún | 80 years; one's eighties; 80 days |
| 由旬 | yóu xún | yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles) |
| 旬日 | xún rì | (literary) ten days; short period |
| 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 starvation |
| 五旬节 (五旬節) | wǔ xún jié | Pentecost |
| 四旬节 (四旬節) | sì xún jié | First Sunday of Lent |
| 四旬斋 (四旬齋) | sì xún zhāi | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) |
English words written with 旬
旬 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 5
- Hexagram 55
- Mencius 1B.10
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
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