旬
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shàng xún])
- 2.(bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liù xún] "sixty years old")
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Wiktionary
- 1.ten-day period
- 2.ten years
- 3.period of time
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sɢʷin): phonetic 螾 (OC *lin, *linʔ) + semantic 日 (“sun; day”). The pictographic protoform of 螾 was borrowed to represent "period of days" in oracle bone script. In bronze inscriptions, the semantic component 日 (“sun/day”) was added to this character. In the Warring States period, the phonetic component was mistaken as 勹 (“bow down”), hence the incorrect analysis in Shuowen Jiezi of this character as 勹 + 日.
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Components
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