week
On'yomi (音読み)
- シュウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- しゅう
About this kanji
The kanji 「週」 primarily means "week." It is typically used as a noun in various contexts. For example, 週末 (しゅうまつ) means "weekend," a time when people often relax and enjoy leisure activities. Another common compound, 週間 (しゅうかん), translates to "a week" and refers to the duration of seven days. If you want to say "every week," you would use 毎週 (まいしゅう). Interestingly, the kun'yomi reading is rarely used alone since this kanji is mostly combined with others. When learning about weeks in Japanese, these compounds will be very useful as you plan your schedule or discuss daily activities.
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Example sentences
今週の土曜日に行きます。
I will go this Saturday.
Meanings across languages
- English
- week
- Tiếng Việt
- tuần
- 日本語
- 週
- 한국어
- 주
- 中文
- 周
- id
- minggu
- th
- สัปดาห์
- es
- semana
- fr
- semaine
- de
- Woche
- pt
- semana
Common compounds
- 週末しゅうまつweekend
- 週間しゅうかんa week, weekly
- 毎週まいしゅうevery week
- 週一しゅういちonce a week
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