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Kotomora

順

obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジュン

Kun'yomi

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Nanori

  • あや
  • あり
  • おき
  • おさむ

Meaning

順 centers on following a proper sequence or alignment: obeying rules, taking one's turn, and things being in the right order. The sense of docility or occasion extends naturally from acting in accordance with expected order.

Most common words using 順

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  • 順じゅん
    N3

    order; turn; sorting

  • 順位じゅんい
    N2

    order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence

  • 手順てじゅん
    N2

    process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

  • 順番じゅんばん
    N3

    order; turn

  • 順調じゅんちょう
    N3

    favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

  • 順次じゅんじ

    in order; sequential; seriatim

  • 順序じゅんじょ
    N2

    order; sequence

  • 従順じゅうじゅん

    obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant

  • 順にじゅんに

    in order; in turn; one by one

  • 順応じゅんのう

    adaptation; accommodation; conforming; adjustment

  • 順子シュンツ

    chow; three-in-a-row

  • 不順ふじゅん
    N1

    irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal

  • 順当じゅんとう

    proper; right; reasonable

  • 打順だじゅん

    batting order; batting line-up

  • 順風じゅんぷう

    favourable wind; favorable wind

  • 道順みちじゅん
    N2

    route; way; course; directions

  • 順延じゅんえん

    postponement; moving to a later date

  • 順不同じゅんふどう

    (listed in) no particular order; arbitrary order; random order

  • 語順ごじゅん

    word order

  • 順列じゅんれつ

    permutation

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Study

Etymology

順 combines 川 (river) and 頁 (head). The traditional explanation is that a river flows in an orderly, obedient way, like a person bowing their head in compliance. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component relationship is well established.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a river (川) flowing smoothly past a bowed head (頁). The river follows its course obediently, and the head nods in turn, showing docile order.

Reading mnemonic

For ジュン, imagine a line of people waiting their turn in June: June -> ジュン, and everyone obeys the queue order.