ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
週 means week
週
周 all around · 辶 road
週Memory trick
Going all the way around (周) on the road: a week.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- week
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
From Chinese (onyomi) シュウ shuu
シュウ (shuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
今週 こんしゅう · konshuu
this week
Built from
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辶 Used in 56 kanji
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What does 週 mean?
Right: 週 means week.Not quite: 週 means week.In 今週, 週 is read しゅう. Which kind of reading is that?
Right. 今週 is read こんしゅう (konshuu): 週 takes シュウ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 週 has.Not quite. 今週 is read こんしゅう (konshuu): 週 takes シュウ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 週 has.