週 — JLPT N5 Kanji

週 (shuu/): week. JLPT N5 kanji.

Character Info

Kanji Strokes JLPT Radical Radical Meaning
11 N5 walk/movement

Readings

Type Reading Romaji Notes
On (音) シュウ shuu Chinese-origin (音読み)

Meanings

  1. week

Vocabulary

Word Reading Romaji English JLPT
今週 こんしゅう konshuu this week N5
来週 らいしゅう raishuu next week N5
先週 せんしゅう senshuu last week N5
毎週 まいしゅう maishuu every week N5
週末 しゅうまつ shuumatsu weekend N5

Stroke Order

Left: 辶 (movement radical, 3 strokes). Right: 周 (circumference, 8 strokes) — top part then 用.

Mnemonic

Moving (辶) around (周) in a cycle — a week is a regular circuit of seven days.

Common Mistakes

週 vs 週 written with wrong inner components — the 周 part contains 吉 on top and 用 below.