週

See also: 周
週 U+9031, 週
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9031
← 逰
[U+9030]
CJK Unified Ideographs 進 →
[U+9032]

Translingual

Han character

週 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜月土口 (YBGR), four-corner 37302, composition ⿺辶周)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1259, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38937
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1749, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3852, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9031

Chinese

trad. 週/周*
simp. 周*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 週
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Considered a 後起字/后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 辶 (“walking”) + phonetic 周 (OC *tjɯw).

Etymology

Same word as 周 (OC *tjɯw).

Pronunciation


Definitions

週

  1. week
  2. circumference
  3. turn; cycle
  4. anniversary

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (週):
  • → Japanese: 週(しゅう) (shū)
  • → Korean: 주(週) (ju)

Others:

  • → Zhuang: cou

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 週
Kyūjitai
[1]

週󠄁
週+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
週󠄃
週+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

週

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. week

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
週
しゅう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

/t͡ɕɨu/ → /ɕjɨu/ → /ɕuː/

From Middle Chinese 周 (MC tsyuw).

Pronunciation

Noun

週(しゅう) • (shū) ←しう (siu)?

  1. a week (unit of time)
    Synonym: 一週間 (isshūkan)

Derived terms

  • 週(しゅう)明(あ)け (shūake)
  • 週(しゅう)足(あし) (shūashi)
  • 週(しゅう)五(いつ)日(か)制(せい) (shū-itsuka-sei)
  • 受(じゅ)難(なん)週(しゅう) (junan-shū)

Counter

週(しゅう) • (-shū) ←しう (siu)?

  1. weeks

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Proper noun

週(しゅう) • (Shū) ←しう (siu)?

  1. a male or female given name

References

  1. “週”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

週 (eumhun 돌 주 (dol ju))

  1. Hanja form? of 주 (“week (unit of time)”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

週: Hán Nôm readings: chu, châu

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