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week

11strokes2school year in Japan
on reading
シュウ

Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.

Stroke order

The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.

Elements you can see in it

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In the episode words

Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.

しゅうまつshuumatsuweekendep8

どうぞ。良い末を、お二人とも!

Douzo. Yoi shuumatsu o, ofutari tomo!

Here you go. Have a great weekend, you two!

こんしゅうkonshuuthis weekep1

は、ずっと寒いですね。

Konshuu wa, zutto samui desu ne.

This week has been cold the whole time, hasn't it?

まいしゅうmaishuuevery weekep4 ep6

何年も前、フジコさんは夫と一緒に、毎この公園の同じベンチに通っていました。

Nan-nen mo mae, Fujiko-san wa otto to issho ni, maishuu kono kouen no onaji benchi ni kayotte imashita.

Years ago, Fujiko and her husband used to go to that park together every week, always to the same bench.

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Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0