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旬

In Season
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingジュン、シュン
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 37

Meanings

  1. in Season
  2. decameronRtK
  3. season (for specific products)
  4. ten-day periodじゅん ↓
  1. season (for fruit, seafood, etc.)
  2. best time of the year (for)
  3. in vogue
  4. popular
  5. hot

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same spelling, other readings
  • 旬 じゅん — ten-day period (in a month)
Same reading (じゅん)
順 · order準 · semi-純 · innocent

Popular Usage

下旬上旬初旬

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

bound up (乙) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 71

Compound words

下旬げじゅん
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
初旬しょじゅん
first 10 days of the month
上旬じょうじゅん
first third of a month; first ten days of a month
中旬ちゅうじゅん
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
一旬いちじゅん
ten days
旬刊じゅんかん
published every ten days
旬月じゅんげつ
month and ten days
旬日じゅんじつ
ten-day period
旬報じゅんぽう
ten-day report
旬余じゅんよ
over ten days
五旬節ごじゅんせつ
Shavuot
四旬節しじゅんせつ
Lent
旬の魚しゅんのさかな
fish in season
旬外れじゅんはずれ
off-season

On Reading Examples

今は松茸が旬でお安いですよ。しゅん
Matsutake mushrooms are in season now so they are cheap.tatoeba
イチゴは今が旬です。しゅん
Strawberries are in season now.tatoeba
イチゴは今が旬だよ。しゅん
Strawberries are in season at the moment.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は５月中旬に日本に戻れるでしょう。
He will come back to Japan in the middle of May.tatoeba
今は松茸が旬でお安いですよ。
Matsutake mushrooms are in season now so they are cheap.tatoeba
イチゴは今が旬です。
Strawberries are in season now.tatoeba
イチゴは今が旬だよ。
Strawberries are in season at the moment.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Season; ten-day period. 勹 (wrap) + 日 (day) — ten days wrapped into one. 旬 — the peak season for a food.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 旬

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step