旬

ten days / ten years / full period

旬 = 勹 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: to fast for ten days.

Xu Xian (xu) has been fasting for ten days now (旬). He tries to get by just by absorbing the sun's (日) energy, but as he is sun bathing in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and a fat elephant (勹) walks by he cannot help but bite the elephant's leg.

旬 character breakdown

旬
- 勹
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

勹

ba̅o = b + ao1

archaic variant of 包[bao1]

勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 旬 as component

询

詢

xún = xu + (e)n2

to ask about / to inquire about

询 = 旬 + 讠 : Xu Xian (xu) is interested in fasting for ten days (旬). In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) he finds an interactive advertising column (讠) and inquires (询) about pros and cons.

殉

xùn = xu + (e)n4

to be buried with the dead / to die for a cause

荀

xún = xu + (e)n2

surname Xun

荀

xún = xu + (e)n2

herb (old)

笋

筍

sǔn = su + (e)n3

bamboo shoot

洵

xún = xu + (e)n2

truly / whirlpool

绚

絢

xuàn = xu + an4

adorned / swift / gorgeous / brilliant / variegated

恂

xún = xu + (e)n2

sincere

栒

xún = xu + (e)n2

cross bar

珣

xún = xu + (e)n2

(gem)

徇

xùn = xu + (e)n4

to give in to / to be swayed by (personal considerations etc) / Taiwan pr. [xun2] / to follow / to expose publicly / variant of 侚[xun4] / variant of 殉[xun4]

徇

狥

xùn = xu + (e)n4

variant of 徇[xun4]