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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
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 週
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Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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Considered a 後起字/后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 辶 (“walking”) + phonetic 周 (OC *tjɯw).
Etymology
Same word as 周 (OC *tjɯw).
Pronunciation
Definitions
週
- week
- circumference
- turn; cycle
- anniversary
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
星期 (“week”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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星期, 週
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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星期, 禮拜
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Harbin
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禮拜
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Malaysia
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禮拜
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Singapore
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禮拜, 星期
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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星期, 禮拜
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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星期
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Wanrong
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星期
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Xi'an
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星期, 禮拜
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Xining
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星期
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Xuzhou
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星期, 禮拜
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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期, 星期
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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星期, 禮拜
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Lanzhou
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星期
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Ürümqi
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禮拜, 星期
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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星期, 禮拜
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Wuhan
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星期, 禮拜
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Guiyang
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禮拜, 星期
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Liuzhou
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禮拜, 星期
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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禮拜
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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禮拜
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Hong Kong
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禮拜, 星期
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Taishan
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星期, 禮拜
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Dongguan
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禮拜
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Yangjiang
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禮拜, 星期
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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禮拜
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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禮拜
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Gan
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Nanchang
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禮拜
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Lichuan
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禮拜
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Pingxiang
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禮拜
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Hakka
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Meixian
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星期
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Yudu
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禮拜
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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禮拜
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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禮拜
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Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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禮拜
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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禮拜
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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禮拜
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Kuching (Hepo)
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禮拜
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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禮拜, 星期
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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禮拜
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Xinzhou
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星期, 禮拜
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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星期
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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禮拜
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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禮拜
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Quanzhou
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禮拜
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Zhangzhou
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禮拜
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Kaohsiung
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禮拜
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Tainan
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禮拜
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Penang (Hokkien)
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禮拜
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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禮拜
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Manila (Hokkien)
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禮拜
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Singapore (Teochew)
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禮拜
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Haikou
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禮拜
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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禮拜
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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禮拜
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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禮拜, 星期
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Wu
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Shanghai
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禮拜
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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禮拜
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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禮拜
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Suzhou
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禮拜, 星期
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Danyang
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禮拜
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Hangzhou
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禮拜, 星期
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Ningbo
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禮拜
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Wenzhou
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禮拜
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Jinhua
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星期
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Xiang
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Loudi
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禮拜
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Compounds
Descendants
Others:
References
Japanese
Shinjitai
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週
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Kyūjitai [1]
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週󠄁 週+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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週󠄃 週+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
週
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- week
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
/t͡ɕɨu/ → /ɕjɨu/ → /ɕuː/
From Middle Chinese 周 (MC tsyuw).
Pronunciation
Noun
週 • (shū) ←しう (siu)?
- a week (unit of time)
- Synonym: 一週間 (isshūkan)
Derived terms
Counter
週 • (-shū) ←しう (-siu)?
- weeks
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Proper noun
週 • (Shū) ←しう (Siu)?
- a male or female given name
References
Korean
Hanja
週 (eumhun 돌 주 (dol ju))
- hanja form? of 주 (“week (unit of time)”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 주말 (週末, jumal, “weekend”)
- 주일 (週日, ju'il, “week”)
- 지난주 (지난週, jinanju, “last week”)
- 전주 (前週, jeonju, “last week”)
- 내주 (來週, naeju, “next week”)
- 주년 (週年, junyeon, “anniversary”)
- 주번 (週番, jubeon)
- 금주 (今週, geumju, “this week”)
- 매주 (每週, maeju, “every week”)
- 격주 (隔週, gyeokju, “biweekly”)
- 주보 (週報, jubo)
Vietnamese
Han character
週: Hán Nôm readings: chu, châu
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