How to say 'Weekly' in Japanese | 週刊

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The Japanese word for Weekly is 'Shuukan', written as 週刊 in Japanese.'Weekly' in hiragana is しゅうかん.

word

週刊

Meaning

Weekly

Reading

しゅうかん

shuukan

Kanji

週Week 刊Publish, Edition

Explanation

The Japanese noun '週刊 (しゅうかん)' means 'weekly'. It is commonly used to refer to publications, such as magazines or newspapers, that are issued once a week. For example: I read a weekly magazine「週刊誌を読みます」(しゅうかんしをよみます). This is a weekly newspaper「これは週刊新聞です」(これはしゅうかんしんぶんです). The term can also be used more broadly to describe anything that occurs or is published on a weekly basis.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

5696

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 週刊

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

週

Meaning

Week

kanji

刊

Meaning

Publish, Edition

Words Related to 週刊 Through the Kanji 週

These 10 Words contain the Kanji 週 as well.

word

今週

Meaning

This week

word

先週

Meaning

Last week

word

来週

Meaning

Next week

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毎週

Meaning

Weekly

word

週末

Meaning

Weekend

word

週間

Meaning

Week

word

週刊誌

Meaning

Weekly magazine

word

再来週

Meaning

Week after next

word

週休

Meaning

Weekly holiday

word

週

Meaning

Week

Words Related to 週刊 Through the Kanji 刊

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 刊 as well.

word

週刊誌

Meaning

Weekly magazine

word

夕刊

Meaning

Evening newspaper

word

月刊

Meaning

Monthly

word

刊行

Meaning

Publication

word

刊

Meaning

Publication

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'Shuukan' means 'Weekly' .

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