旬 means “in season, ten-day period”

しゅん · shun

Also: decameron, season (for specific products)

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジュン, シュン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 6 strokes

The story

Days (日) wrapped (勹) into a bundle: a ten-day stretch. 上旬, 中旬 and 下旬 split every month into early, mid and late, and on its own 旬 is food at its peak, the word Japanese supermarkets pin on the best produce of the season.

Used in 旬 (shun, peak season), 上旬 (joujun, first ten days of a month), and 下旬 (gejun, last ten days of a month)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.