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Character Decomposition
旬=勹+日
Etymology
A cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week
Meanings
(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬 shàng xún)
(bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬 liù xún "sixty years old")
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Words with 旬 40 total
first third of a month上旬shàng xúnlast third of the month下旬xià xúnyojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)由旬yóu xúnmiddle third of a month中旬zhōng xún70 years; one's seventies · 70 days七旬qī xún80 years; one's eighties · 80 days八旬bā xún60 years; one's sixties · 60 days六旬liù xúncomet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow · evil omen旬始xún shǐfull year · ten years旬年xún nián(literary) ten days · short period旬日xún rìten days旬时xún shíten days · one month · short period旬朔xún shuò