Memory phrase for the Kanji: 週
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週 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| week
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Pronunciation |
SHŪ
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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
| The movement takes a round of a week.
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Radicals
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辶
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movement | The radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴 |
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周
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surrounding | |
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吉
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good luck | Top: Samurai 士, below: Mund 口. (This character and radical is a simplification of 喜) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 今週 |
こんしゅう |
this week |
| 来週 |
らいしゅう |
next week |
| 週末 |
しゅうまつ |
weekend |
| 再来週 |
さらいしゅう |
week after next |
| 週間 |
しゅうかん |
week/weekly |
| 先週 |
せんしゅう |
last week, the week before |
| 先々週 |
せんせんしゅう |
week before last week |
| 毎週 |
まいしゅう |
every week |
| 隔週 |
かくしゅう |
every other week |
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