週
週 — Week
week
On’yomiシュウ (shuu)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 週
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 週 | しゅう shuu | week |
| 週刊 | しゅうかん shuukan | weekly publication |
| 一週間 | いっしゅうかん isshuukan | one week |
| 今週 | こんしゅう konshuu | this week |
| 先週 | せんしゅう senshuu | last week; the week before |
| 毎週 | まいしゅう maishuu | every week |
Study notes
週 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #540 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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