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decameron

On-Yomi: ジュン、シュン

Elements:

decameron, bound up, sun, day

Heisig story:

There simply is not a good phrase in English for the block often days which this character represents. So we resurrect the classical phrase, decameron, whose connotations the tales of Boccaccio have done much to enrich. Actually, it refers to a journey of ten days taken by a band of people - that is, a group of people bound together for the days of the decameron.

Koohii stories:

1) [yukkuri_kame] 6-4-2009(218): Hesig should be BOUND for a DAY (or maybe 10 days - a decameron) for calling this Kanji DECAMERON. See martyrdom (#809 殉).

2) [Pulse] 18-3-2012(165): Hint: Here's info from Wikipedia regarding why this kanji exists, which helped me remember it: [Japan also divides the month roughly into three 10-day periods. Each is called a jun ( 旬 ). The first is jōjun ( 上旬 ); the second, chūjun ( 中旬 ); the last, gejun ( 下旬 ). These are frequently used to indicate approximate times, for example, "the temperatures are typical of the jōjun of April"; "a vote on a bill is expected during the gejun of this month."].

3) [blahdi] 8-9-2009(85): What the fuck?

4) [Christine_Tham] 22-7-2007(70): If you bind up ten days, you get a decameron.

5) [panikbuton] 20-1-2008(33): For producing Titanic, James deCameron should be bound for 10 days.

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