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旬 Stroke Order — How to Write 旬

Stroke Order

旬 is written in 6 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 日, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

旬 Radical and Character Components

Components:勹日

旬 is an ideographic compound. A cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week.

Radical: 日 + 2 more strokes

旬 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • xún

Meanings of 旬 in Chinese

1

xún旬

A period of ten days; often used to divide a month into three parts: early (上旬), mid (中旬), and late (下旬), or to refer to a publication released every ten days (旬刊).
我计划在下个月中旬去北京旅行。
I plan to travel to Beijing in the middle ten days of next month.
A decade of age, often used to describe someone's age, for example, 'over six decades old' (年过六旬) or 'an octogenarian' (八旬老者).
她虽然年过七旬,但身体依然很健康。
Although she is over seventy years old, her health is still very good.

Common Words and Phrases with 旬

1
xún旬rì日
ten days
小明生病在家休养了旬日,身体才逐渐康复。
Xiao Ming recuperated at home for ten days, and his health gradually recovered.

More words with 旬

  • zhōng中xún旬mid-month, middle ten days of a month
  • bā八xún旬eighty years old, in one's eighties
  • qī七xún旬seventy years old, in one's seventies
  • xià下xún旬the last ten days of a month, the latter part of a month
  • nián年guò过bā八xún旬Over eighty years old, In one's eighties
  • nián年jìn近jiǔ九xún旬Nearly 90 years old, Approaching 90
  • nián年guò过liù六xún旬over sixty, past sixty
  • nián年guò过qī七xún旬Over seventy, Past seventy
  • nián年yú逾bā八xún旬over eighty, in his eighties

Idioms with 旬

  • xún旬shū输yuè月sòng送frequent and burdensome taxes
  • xún旬yuè月zhī之jiān间within ten days to a month
  • èr二xún旬jiǔ九shí食extreme poverty and destitution
  • sān三xún旬jiǔ九shí食extremely poor, eating very little
  • yān淹xún旬kuàng旷yuè月procrastinate and waste time

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Questions about 旬

What does 旬 mean in Chinese?

旬 (xún) means “A period of ten days” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 旬?

旬 is pronounced xún in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 旬 have?

旬 has 6 strokes.

How do you write 旬?

旬 is written in 6 strokes, starting from the radical 日. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 旬?

The radical of 旬 is 日, and 旬 is an ideographic compound.

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