Mnemonic comic for 旬

Translation

xún = xu + (e)n2: ten days / ten years / full period

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

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]

Words with 旬

中
旬
middle third of a month
下
旬
last third of the month
上
旬
first third of a month
五
五
旬
旬
节
節
Pentecost
四
四
旬
旬
节
節
First Sunday of Lent
四
四
旬
旬
斋
齋
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
旬
始
comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen
旬
年
full year / ten years
旬
日
(literary) ten days / short period
旬
旬
时
時
ten days
旬
朔
ten days / one month / short period
旬
期
ten days
旬
旬
岁
歲
full year / first birthday
旬
旬
课
課
test every ten day / periodic deadline
旬
旬
输
輸
月
月
送
送
pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
旬
邑
Xunyi County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi
旬
旬
邑
邑
县
縣
Xunyi County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi
七
旬
老
人
septuagenarian
三
旬
九
食
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
九
旬
老
人
nonagenarian

Sentences with 旬

旬 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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