Memory phrase for the character: 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

The movement takes a round of a week.

Radicals

辶	movement	The radical shinnyuu* stands for movement and thus with 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).

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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