旬
旬 — Decameron
decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)
On’yomiジュン (jun)
On’yomiシュン (shun)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 旬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下旬 | げじゅん gejun | last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month |
| 中旬 | ちゅうじゅん chuujun | middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month |
| 上旬 | じょうじゅん joujun | first third of a month; first ten days of a month |
| 初旬 | しょじゅん shojun | first 10 days of the month |
| 旬 | じゅん jun | ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade |
| 旬 | しゅん shun | season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue |
Study notes
旬 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1162 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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