旬 (ceon4 | xun2) : ten-day period; ten-year period

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旬

ceon4

xun2

[1] ten-day period [2] ten-year period (usually used to indicate a person's age)

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

旬

This word has been viewed 5275 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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上旬 soeng6 ceon4 shang4 xun2 = first third of the month

中旬 zung1 ceon4 zhong1 xun2 = middle third of a month

下旬 haa6 ceon4 xia4 xun2 = the last third of the month

旬刊 ceon4 hon1/1*2 xun2 kan1 = ten day periodical

旬日 ceon4 jat6 xun2 ri4 = ten days

三旬九食 saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6 san1 xun2 jiu3 shi2 = in dire straights; on the brink of starvation

四旬齋 sei3 ceon4 zaai1 si4 xun2 zhai1 = Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

旬邑 ceon4 jap1 xun2 yi4 = Xunyi (place in Shaanxi)

旬陽 ceon4 joeng4 xun2 yang2 = Xunyang (place in Shaanxi)

五旬節 ng5 ceon4 zit3 wu3 xun2 jie2 = Pentecost

旬輸月送 ceon4 syu1 jyut6 sung3 xun2 shu1 yue4 song4 = give tribute/taxes every month

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Decimal representation of this word: 旬
Unicode code for this character: U+65EC (off-site link)

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