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旬 = 日 + 勹

旬 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “decameron”. It is built from 日 (day) and 勹 (bound up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 71. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword
decameron
RTK frame
71
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュン, シュン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
декада
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
旬 ten-day period

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 日 day
  2. 勹 bound up

Characters that contain 旬

How to find 旬 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “day” + “bound up”. 旬 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 旬 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.