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Kanji Detail for 週 - "week"

週

  • Meaning

    週 means "week." Also associated with cycle.

    1. Week - A period of seven days.

    2. Cycle - To circulate; to go around; one complete rotation.

    3. Circumference - The required time for one rotation.

  • Words using 週

    • 週刊 しゅうかん Listen weekly publication
    • 今週 こんしゅう Listen this week
    • 先週 せんしゅう Listen last week; the week before
    • 毎週 まいしゅう Listen every week
    • 一週間 いっしゅうかん Listen one week
    • 来週 らいしゅう Listen next week
    • 週末 しゅうまつ Listen weekend
    • 週明け しゅうあけ Listen beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week

  • Tattoo check: 週

    • Verified meaning: week
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しゅう, しゅうきち, しゅうじ, そうぎ)
    • Also carries these associations: cycle

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 週

    Given names 週(しゅう)Listen

    Surnames 週(しゅうきち)Listen 週(しゅうじ)Listen 週(そうぎ)Listen 週(そうきち)Listen 週(そうじ)Listen 週(そうみや)Listen 週(むねひさ)Listen 週(むねみや)Listen 週(むねよし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    week

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    week; turn, cycle; anniversary

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    week; weekly; variant of 周[zhou1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    week; turn, cycle; anniversary

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Same as 周. To go around. | Today one week is called 一週.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    week cycle circulate calendar period rotation schedule

Sentences including 週

  • Two weeks went by.

  • He won the prize last week.

  • That's the man i've been waiting for a week.

  • It has been raining since last monday.

  • It has been raining since last sunday.

  • I ran into mary at a party last week.

  • Her mother has been sick since last thursday.

  • He will come back in another two weeks.

  • I enjoyed playing tennis over the weekend.

  • It has been raining since last sunday.

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