week
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
どうぞ。良い週末を、お二人とも!
Douzo. Yoi shuumatsu o, ofutari tomo!
Here you go. Have a great weekend, you two!
今週は、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?
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