旬 (xún): ten days, ten years, full period
旬 (xún) is a Chinese character meaning “ten days.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 勹 (structural) and 日 (structural). It ranks #2265 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 旬 a cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- ten days
- ten years
- full period
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week
Decomposition: ⿹勹日 (layout: surround-from-upper-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 旬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 中旬noun | zhōng xún | middle third of a month | 6 |
| 下旬noun | xià xún | last third of the month | 6 |
| 上旬noun | shàng xún | first third of a month | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 七旬 | qī xún | 70 years |
| 三旬九食 | sān xún jiǔ shí | lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) |
| 旬输月送 | xún shū yuè sòng | pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom) |
| 四旬节 | sì xún jié | First Sunday of Lent |
| 五旬节proper-noun | wǔ xún jié | Pentecost |
| 旬阳市 | xún yáng shì | Xunyang, a county-level city in Ankang City 安康市, Shaanxi |
| 旬时 | xún shí | ten days |
| 旬年 | xún nián | full year |
| 旬日 | xún rì | (literary) ten days |
| 由旬noun | yóu xún | yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles) |
| 旬期 | xún qī | ten days |
| 旬始 | xún shǐ | comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow |
| 旬首 | xún shǒu | start of a ten day period |
| 八旬 | bā xún | 80 years |
| 六旬 | liù xún | 60 years |
旬 appears in 25 compound words: 56 as the first character, 28 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 旬 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
旬出时分，渔民们已经出海捕鱼了。
xún chū shí fēn , yú mín men yǐ jīng chū hǎi bǔ yú le .
By the tenth day of the lunar month, the fishermen had already set out to sea to catch fish.
警茘景邨打击街头赌博 拘控3老翁均年逾八旬
jǐng 茘 jǐng 邨 dǎ jī jiē tóu dǔ bó jū kòng 3 lǎo wēng jūn nián yú bā xún
Police crack down on street gambling in Cheng Jing Estate and arrest 3 old men, all over eighty years old
8旬父出远门未归 大过年无人报失踪...近一...
8 xún fù chū yuǎn mén wèi guī dà guò nián wú rén bào shī zōng . . . jìn yī . . .
The 80-year-old father went far away and did not return, and no one reported him missing during the New Year... Recently...
六旬妇认选举期间转贴呼吁杯葛选举贴文 判囚2...
liù xún fù rèn xuǎn jǔ qī jiān zhuǎn tiē hū xū bēi 葛 xuǎn jǔ tiē wén pàn qiú 2 . . .
Sixty-year-old woman admits to reposting a boycott of election posts during election and sentenced to 2...
将军澳景林邨六旬汉倒毙寓所 单位传臭味保安报警揭发
jiāng jūn ào jǐng lín 邨 liù xún hàn dǎo bì yù suǒ dān wèi chuán chòu wèi bǎo ān bào jǐng jiē fā
A sixty-year-old man in King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, collapsed and died in his apartment, and the unit reported a foul smell, and the security guard called the police
6旬骑士游南横公路自撞护栏 摔50米边坡丧命...
6 xún qí shì yóu nán héng gōng lù zì zhuàng hù lán shuāi 5 0 mǐ biān pō sāng mìng . . .
A 60-year-old knight traveled to Nanheng Highway and crashed into a guardrail and fell 50 meters down the slope and died...
在日本，梅雨季节从六月初持续到七月中旬。
Zài Rìběn, méiyǔ jìjié cóng Liùyuè chū chíxù dào Qīyuè zhōngxún.
In Japan, the rainy season lasts from the beginning of June to the middle of July.
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