What is the Kanji for "Ten day period", "Season", "In season", and "Time of month"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Ten day period", "Season", "In season", and "Time of month", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Ten day period", "Season", "In season", and "Time of month" is "旬".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its onyomi readings are "Shun" and "Jun".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "日" means "Day" and "Sun" and can be read as "Jitsu", "Nichi", "Hi", and "Ka". And The radical "勹" means "Wrap" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "旬" mean in japanese?

"旬" means "Ten day period", "Season", "In season", and "Time of month".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

下旬: "Late". The Japanese noun '下旬 (げじゅん)' refers to the last 10 days of a month. It is used to specify the timing of an event or deadline that falls in the latter part of the month. For example: The company's fiscal year ends in the late days of December - (その会社の会計年度は12月下旬に終わる).

上旬: "Beginning". The noun '上旬 (じょうじゅん)' refers to the first third of a month. It is used to describe the initial days of a month, typically the 1st through the 10th. For example: The meeting is scheduled for the beginning of the month - (会議は上旬に予定されています).

中旬: "Middle". The Japanese noun '中旬 (ちゅうじゅん)' refers to the middle part or period of a month. It is usually used to describe the time between the 10th and 20th days of a month. For example: The conference will be held in the middle of August - (会議は8月の中旬に開かれます).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". And The hiragana "じ" is read as "ji".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.