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旬

xún

HSK 5 Character

What 旬 means

1. bound formten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. {上旬|shàng xún})
2. bound formten years (in age expressions, e.g. {六旬|liù xún} "sixty years old")

Example sentences

• 在日本，梅雨季节从六月初持续到七月中旬。
  In Japan, the rainy season lasts from the beginning of June to the middle of July.
• 在日本，在我们的雨季常常下雨，雨季一般在六月中旬至七月中旬。
  Zài Rìběn, zài wǒmen de yǔjì chángcháng xiàyǔ, yǔjì yībān zài Liùyuè zhōngxún zhì Qīyuè zhōngxún.
  In Japan, it rains quite a bit during our rainy season which is from mid-June until mid-July.

Words starting with 旬

• 旬始xún shǐcomet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow; evil omen
• 旬年xún niánfull year; ten years
• 旬日xún rì(literary) ten days; short period
• 旬时xún shíten days
• 旬期xún qīten days
• 旬岁xún suìfull year; first birthday
• 旬课xún kètest every ten day; periodic deadline
• 旬首xún shǒustart of a ten day period
• 旬阳市Xún yáng ShìXunyang, a county-level city in Ankang City 安康市
• 旬输月送xún shū yuè sòngpay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom)…
• 旬邑县Xún yì XiànXunyi, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 旬朔xún shuòten days; one month; short period
• 旬阳Xún yángsee 旬阳市
• 旬邑Xún yìsee 旬邑县

Words containing 旬

• 中旬zhōng xúnmiddle third of a month
• 下旬xià xúnlast third of the month
• 上旬shàng xúnfirst third of a month
• 七旬qī xún70 years; one's seventies; 70 days
• 八旬bā xún80 years; one's eighties; 80 days
• 六旬liù xún60 years; one's sixties; 60 days
• 由旬yóu xúnyojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
• 五旬节wǔ xún jiéPentecost
• 四旬节sì xún jiéFirst Sunday of Lent
• 四旬斋sì xún zhāiLent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
• 三旬九食sān xún jiǔ shílit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)…

Characters that look like 旬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台
• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 句jùsentence; clause; phrase
• 甸diànsuburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 钉dīngnail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)
• 匆cōnghurried; hasty

Sounds the same

Read xún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 询to ask about; to inquire about
• 寻to search; to look for; to seek
• 循(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with
• 巡to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 浔name of a river; steep bank
• 恂sincere
• 荀(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts…
• 洵truly; whirlpool
• 鲟sturgeon; Acipenser sturio
• 峋used in 嶙峋
• 珣(gem)
• 郇name of a feudal state