週
See also: 周
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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
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zau1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciŭ
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1tseu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhōu
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhou
- Wade–Giles: chou1
- Yale: jōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
- Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zau1
- Yale: jāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzau1
- Guangdong Romanization: zeo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
- Hakka Romanization System: zuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zu1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu
- Tâi-lô: tsiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciw
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziu1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siu³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Definitions
週
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 星期 (“week”) [map]
Compounds
- 一週遭 / 一周遭
- 可週 / 可周
- 圖書館週 / 图书馆周
- 壇坫週旋 / 坛坫周旋
- 大週摺 / 大周折
- 宣傳週 / 宣传周
- 恆星週期 / 恒星周期
- 扶幼週 / 扶幼周
- 抓週 / 抓周 (zhuāzhōu)
- 時代週刊 / 时代周刊
- 本週 / 本周 (běnzhōu)
- 波浪週期 / 波浪周期
- 生命週期 / 生命周期 (shēngmìng zhōuqī)
- 細胞週期 / 细胞周期 (xìbāo zhōuqī)
- 觀光週 / 观光周
- 週刊 / 周刊 (zhōukān)
- 週報 / 周报 (zhōubào)
- 週年 / 周年 (zhōunián)
- 週年慶 / 周年庆 (zhōuniánqìng)
- 週日 / 周日 (zhōurì)
- 週會 / 周会
- 週期 / 周期 (zhōuqī)
- 週期律 / 周期律
- 週期性 / 周期性 (zhōuqīxìng)
- 週期表 / 周期表 (zhōuqībiǎo)
- 週末 / 周末 (zhōumò)
- 週末效應 / 周末效应
- 週歲 / 周岁 (zhōusuì)
- 週考 / 周考
- 週薪 / 周薪 (zhōuxīn)
- 週記 / 周记 (zhōujì)
- 週近 / 周近
- 週迴 / 周回
- 遠打週折 / 远打周折
- 雙週刊 / 双周刊
Descendants
Others:
- → Zhuang: cou
References
- “週”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 週 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
週󠄁 週+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 週󠄃 週+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
週
Readings
- Go-on: しゅ (shu)←しゆ (syu, historical)、す (su)
- Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)←しう (siu, historical)
- Kun: めぐる (meguru, 週る)
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
Derived terms
- 週明け (shūake)
- 週足 (shūashi)
- 週五日制 (shū-itsuka-sei)
- 受難週 (junan-shū)
Counter
Coordinate terms
Counters for time
Derived terms
Proper noun
- a male or female given name
References
- ^ “週”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
週: Hán Nôm readings: chu, châu
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