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週

week
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingシュウ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. weekRtK

Synonyms

週間

Homonyms

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Same reading (しゅう)
州 · state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)衆 · great numbers (of people)宗 · sect集 · collection

Popular Usage

今週先週毎週来週さ来週週間再来週隔週

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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circumference · running track · earthenware jar · lidded crock · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mouth (口) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 340

Compound words

今週こんしゅう
this week
先週せんしゅう
last week; the week before
毎週まいしゅう
every week
来週らいしゅう
next week
週間しゅうかん
week
再来週さらいしゅう
week after next
週休しゅうきゅう
weekly holiday
隔週かくしゅう
every other week; every two weeks
週刊しゅうかん
weekly publication
週末しゅうまつ
weekend
前週ぜんしゅう
last week; the week before
翌週よくしゅう
the following week; the next week
週内しゅうない
by the end of this week; within the week
一週間いっしゅうかん
one week
週刊誌しゅうかんし
weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal
週明けしゅうあけ
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
今週末こんしゅうまつ
this weekend
１週いっしゅう
one week
一週いっしゅう
one week
週齡しゅうれい
week-old
聖週せいしゅう
Holy Week
１週間いっしゅうかん
one week
再來週さらいしゅう
week after next
二週間にしゅうかん
two weeks

On Reading Examples

トムは先週の頭に車を盗まれた。せんしゅう
Tom had his car stolen early last week.tatoeba

Additional Examples

来週の月火と連休です。
Next Monday and Tuesday are holidays.tatoeba
毎週、月火はピアノ、水金はダンスを習ってるの。
Every week I study piano on Monday and Tuesday, and dancing on Wednesday and Friday.tatoeba
彼は彼女に１週間前に会ったといった。
He said that he had met her a week before.tatoeba
彼は彼女と先週会ったことを否定した。
He denied having met her last week.tatoeba
所要期間は約2週間。
The time required is approximately two weeks.wiki
1週間後に当該場所より出火。
A fire broke out a week later at a predicted site.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 週

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