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旬

xún
noun #28,103

Meanings

  1. 1 a period of ten days
  2. 2 one-third of a month
  3. 3 a decade of age (in expressions like 六旬, sixty years old)

Examples

上旬天气较好，下旬会有降雨。
Shàngxún tiānqì jiào hǎo, xiàxún huì yǒu jiàngyǔ.
The weather will be fine in the first ten days, but there will be rain in the last ten days.
他已年届六旬，即将退休。
Tā yǐ nián jiè liùxún, jíjiāng tuìxiū.
He has reached his sixties and is about to retire.

Tips

usage
Traditional Chinese calendar divides each month into three periods of ten days: 上旬 (shàngxún, days 1–10), 中旬 (zhōngxún, days 11–20), and 下旬 (xiàxún, days 21–end of month). Also used for decades of age: 七旬老人 = a septuagenarian.

Stroke Order

旬 xún