Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 週
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週 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
week |
Pronunciation |
SHŪ
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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
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辶
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movement | (The radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴) |
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周
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surrounding | |
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吉
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good luck | (Top: Samurai 士, below: Mund 口. (This character and radical is a simplification of 喜)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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