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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1162 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ジュン, シュン

Composition: 勹 日

旬

Radical

Radical: 日

Meaning: sun, day

Reading: ひ

Frequency: 453

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

日

Examples

Onyomi Examples

旬 (ジュン) ten-day period (in a month), ten-year period (in one's age), decade

旬報 (ジュンポウ) ten-day report

初旬 (ショジュン) first 10 days of the month

一旬 (イチジュン) ten days

旬 (シュン) season (for fruit, seafood, etc.), best time of the year (for), in vogue, popular, hot, fresh

旬の魚 (シュンノサカナ) fish in season

最旬 (サイシュン) hottest (e.g. fashion), freshest, in vogue

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