Mnemonic comic for 旬
Mnemonic
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.
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旬 character breakdown
archaic variant of 包[bao1]
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abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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sun / day / date, day of the month
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Characters with 旬 as component
to ask about / to inquire about
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to be buried with the dead / to die for a cause
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surname Xun
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herb (old)
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truly / whirlpool
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adorned / swift / gorgeous / brilliant / variegated
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sincere
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cross bar
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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]
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variant of 徇[xun4]
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Words with 旬
pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
Sentences with 旬
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