旬 (decameron, season (for specific products), ten-day period) - Kanji Codex

旬

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュンジュン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:1

Frequency:1162

Vocabulary

シュン

Word	Reading	Meaning
最旬	サイシュン	hottest (e.g. fashion); freshest; in vogue

ジュン

Word	Reading	Meaning
下旬	ゲジュン	last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
初旬	ショジュン	first 10 days of the month
上旬	ジョウジュン	first third of a month; first ten days of a month
中旬	チュウジュン	middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
一旬	イチジュン	ten days

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
旬	じゅん	ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
旬	しゅん	season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot; fresh
旬報	じゅんぽう	ten-day report
旬外れ	じゅんはずれ	off-season
旬の魚	しゅんのさかな	fish in season

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