週

Meanings: week On Readings: シュウ shuu Kun Readings: Most Used Pronunciation: shuu JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 辶 Stroke Number: 11

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Common jukugo
再来週 - さ　らい　しゅう sa rai shuu - week after next
今週 - こん　しゅう kon shuu - this week
週末 - しゅう　まつ shuu matsu - weekend
週刊誌 - しゅう　かん　し - Weekly publication

Useful Examples
Japanese: 試験まであと一週間。
Romaji: shiken made ato isshuukan.
English: There is 1 week before the test.

Japanese: 二週間前、どこに行きましたか？
Romaji: ni shuu kan mae, doko ni ikimashita ka?
English: Where did you go 2 weeks ago?

Japanese: 和平会談が来週始まる。
Romaji: wahei kaidan ga raishuu hajimaru.
English: Peace talks will begin next week.

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Notes/Mnemonic
This is one of those rare kanji with just one reading and meaning

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.