The Chinese Radical: 旬


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Meaning
10-days duration    旬

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
to consult, ask about, seek advice, to inquire about
xún
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: 10 days, decade 旬 (When the sun 日 is enwrapped 勹 (by clouds), then often for a duration of 10 days)
If the words last 10 days then it is a real consultation.  
HSK 5
ten days, ten years, full period
xún
Wrap sth. 勹 and sun 日
When the sun is wrapped (by clouds), then often for the duration of 10 days.  
no HSK
dutiful death, to die for a cause, martyrdom
xùn
Left: bare bone 歹 (rib or vertebrae), right: period of 10 days 旬 (When the sun 日 is enwrapped 勹 (by clouds), then often for a duration of 10 days)
The bare bones will remain there for ten days after the dutiful death.  
no HSK
(surname Xun)
xún
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 10-days period 旬 (When the sun 日 is enwrapped 勹 (by clouds), then often for a duration of 10 days)
Phonetic 旬 = xún in the family name 荀.  
no HSK
adorned, swift, gorgeous, brilliant, variegated
xuàn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 10-days period 旬 (When the sun 日 is enwrapped 勹 [by clouds], then often for a duration of 10 days)
When (different) threads are wrapped/entangled like a sun, the whole thing is: adorned or variegated.  

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