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
旬
xún
ten-day period
Character
Example phrases
- 未来一旬内气温将持续偏高，电力调度压力不容低估。 Wèilái yì xún nèi qìwēn jiāng chíxù piān gāo, diànlì tiáodù yālì bù róng dīgū. Temperatures will remain above average over the next ten-day period, and the pressure on power dispatching should not be underestimated.
- 每月的上旬他都要去一趟城里采购。 Měi yuè de shàngxún tā dōu yào qù yì tàng chénglǐ cǎigòu. In the first ten days of every month he makes a trip to the city to shop.
- 这个月的下旬我们要搬家，日程很紧。 Zhège yuè de xiàxún wǒmen yào bānjiā, rìchéng hěn jǐn. We are moving house in the last ten days of this month, so the schedule is tight.
Related words
- 上旬 shàngxún early part of the month
- 下旬 xiàxún late part of the month
- 中旬 zhōngxún middle ten days of a month
- 自始至终 zìshǐzhìzhōng from beginning to end; throughout
- 徐徐 xúxú slowly; gently
- 逐年 zhúnián year by year; annually
- 周岁 zhōusuì one full year of age; full age
- 终生 zhōngshēng lifelong; all one’s life
- 终究 zhōngjiū after all; in the end
- 有朝一日 yǒuzhāoyírì one day; someday
- 一度 yídù once; at one point; for a time
- 一经 yìjīng once; as soon as