週 (Kangxi radical 162,辵+8, 11 strokes,cangjie input卜月土口 (YBGR),four-corner37302,composition⿺辶周)
- 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
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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).
Same word as周 (OC*tjɯw).
週
- week
- circumference
- turn;cycle
- anniversary
Dialectal synonyms of
星期 (“week”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 星期,週 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 星期,禮拜 |
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| Harbin | 禮拜 |
| Malaysia | 禮拜 |
| Singapore | 禮拜,星期 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 星期,禮拜 |
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai(Muping) | 星期 |
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| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 星期 |
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| 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 |
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| Lanzhou | 星期 |
| Ürümqi | 禮拜,星期 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 星期,禮拜 |
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| Wuhan | 星期,禮拜 |
| Guiyang | 禮拜,星期 |
| Liuzhou | 禮拜,星期 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 禮拜 |
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| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 禮拜 |
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| 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 |
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| Lichuan | 禮拜 |
| Pingxiang | 禮拜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 星期 |
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| 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 |
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| Jin | Taiyuan | 禮拜 |
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| Xinzhou | 星期,禮拜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 星期 |
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| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 禮拜 |
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| Southern Min | Xiamen | 禮拜 |
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| 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 |
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| Zhongshan(Sanxiang) | 禮拜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 禮拜,星期 |
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| Wu | Shanghai | 禮拜 |
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| 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 |
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Others:
週
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- week
/t͡ɕɨu/ →/ɕjɨu/ →/ɕuː/
FromMiddle Chinese周 (MC tsyuw).
週• (shū) ←しう(siu)?
- aweek(unit oftime)
- Synonym:一週間(isshūkan)
週• (-shū) ←しう(-siu)?
- weeks
週• (Shū) ←しう(Siu)?
- a male or femalegiven name
週 (eumhun돌주(dol ju))
- hanja form? of주(“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)
週:Hán Nôm readings:chu,châu
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