Memory phrase for the Kanji: 週
週
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Meaning
week
Pronunciation
SHŪ
Explanation
Left: movement 辶, right: around, circumference 周 (Also an enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding.) [吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉]
Mnemonic
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The movement takes a round of a week.
Radicals
辶
movement The radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
周
surrounding
吉
good luck Samurai 士, below: Mouth 口 (This radical is a simplification of 喜, where the samurai 士 has a bean 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy).
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Vocabulary
今週
こんしゅう
this week
363
来週
らいしゅう
next week
3410
週末
しゅうまつ
weekend
7044
再来週
さらいしゅう
week after next
825
週間
しゅうかん
week, weekly
6893
先週
せんしゅう
last week, the week before
7401
先々週
せんせんしゅう
week before last week
700
毎週
まいしゅう
every week
3648
隔週
かくしゅう
every other week
6283
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