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

绚

絢

xuàn = xu + an4

adorned / swift / gorgeous / brilliant / variegated

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]

郇

xún = xu + (e)n2

name of a feudal state

峋

xún = xu + (e)n2

ranges of hills

侚

xùn = xu + (e)n4