上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上旬
shàngxún
early part of the month
Characters in this word
旬 xún
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 勹 wrap 日 sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 报名时间安排在六月上旬，请提前准备材料。 Bàomíng shíjiān ānpái zài liù yuè shàngxún, qǐng tíqián zhǔnbèi cáiliào. Registration is scheduled for early June, so please prepare the materials in advance.
- 我们公司三月上旬要开年会。 Wǒmen gōngsī sān yuè shàngxún yào kāi niánhuì. Our company will hold its annual meeting in the first ten days of March.
- 九月上旬天气还很热，下旬才开始变凉。 Jiǔ yuè shàngxún tiānqì hái hěn rè, xiàxún cái kāishǐ biàn liáng. The weather is still hot in early September and only starts to cool down in the last ten days.
Related words
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class