週

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

Same word as 周 (OC *tjɯw).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōu (zhou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
Eastern Min (BUC): ciŭ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziu¹
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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zau¹
  - Yale: jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tseu
  - MiniDict: tseu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tseu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɤ⁵³/

Definitions

週

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 星期 (“week”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		星期, 週
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	星期, 禮拜
	Harbin	禮拜
	Malaysia	禮拜
	Singapore	禮拜, 星期
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	星期, 禮拜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	星期
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	星期
	Xi'an	星期, 禮拜
	Xining	星期
	Xuzhou	星期, 禮拜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	期, 星期
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	星期, 禮拜
	Lanzhou	星期
	Ürümqi	禮拜, 星期
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	星期, 禮拜
	Wuhan	星期, 禮拜
	Guiyang	禮拜, 星期
	Liuzhou	禮拜, 星期
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	禮拜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	禮拜
	Hong Kong	禮拜, 星期
	Taishan	星期, 禮拜
	Dongguan	禮拜
	Yangjiang	禮拜, 星期
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	禮拜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	禮拜
Gan	Nanchang	禮拜
	Lichuan	禮拜
	Pingxiang	禮拜
Hakka	Meixian	星期
	Yudu	禮拜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	禮拜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	禮拜
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	禮拜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	禮拜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	禮拜
	Kuching (Hepo)	禮拜
Huizhou	Jixi	禮拜, 星期
Jin	Taiyuan	禮拜
Jin	Xinzhou	星期, 禮拜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	星期
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	禮拜
Southern Min	Xiamen	禮拜
	Quanzhou	禮拜
	Zhangzhou	禮拜
	Kaohsiung	禮拜
	Tainan	禮拜
	Penang (Hokkien)	禮拜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	禮拜
	Manila (Hokkien)	禮拜
	Singapore (Teochew)	禮拜
	Haikou	禮拜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	禮拜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	禮拜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	禮拜, 星期
Wu	Shanghai	禮拜
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	禮拜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	禮拜
	Suzhou	禮拜, 星期
	Danyang	禮拜
	Hangzhou	禮拜, 星期
	Ningbo	禮拜
	Wenzhou	禮拜
	Jinhua	星期
Xiang	Loudi	禮拜

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (週):

→ Japanese: 週(しゅう) (shū)
→ Korean: 주(週) (ju)

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)
	週󠄃 週+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

週

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

week

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

(Tokyo) しゅう [shúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨː]

Noun

週(しゅう) • (shū) ^{←しう (siu)^?}

a week (unit of time)
Synonym: 一週間 (isshūkan)

Derived terms

Counter

週(しゅう) • (-shū) ^{←しう (-siu)^?}

weeks

Coordinate terms

Counters for time

秒(びょう) (-byō, “seconds”)
分(ふん) (-fun, “minutes”)
時(じ) (-ji, “hours”)
日(にち) (-nichi, “days”)
月(げつ) (-getsu, “months”)
年(ねん) (-nen, “years”)

Derived terms

Proper noun

週(しゅう) • (Shū) ^{←しう (Siu)^?}

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, 2015–2024
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

週 (eumhun 돌 주 (dol ju))

hanja form^? of 주 (“week (unit of time)”)

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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[1] “週”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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