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週

돌

주

부수: 辶
획수: 11획

週 has the meanings period and week.

週 = 周 + 辶

X = semantic/phonetic + semantic

• 周 originates from meaning ‘field’ (see below).
• 辶 is an abbreviation of 辵 and represents the meaning ‘to walk’.

Evolution:
週 = to return ➔ to go around ➔ cycle ➔ period of time ➔ week
週 = to return ➔ to go around ➔ circle ➔ complete

周 = + 口

• is an earlier form of 田 meaning ‘field’. Think of how ‘going around’ a designated farm boundary defines its ‘circumference’.
• 口 is a distinguishing mark added to when the original became used as a proper noun.

辵 = 彳 + 止

• 彳 is taken from 行 meaning ‘road intersection’.
• 止 depicts a foot and represents ‘walking’.

Together they give 辵 the meaning ‘walking down the street’.

Over time, the components 彳 and 止 merged into 辵.
In 週, they were abbreviated to 辶.

Mnemonic

Look at the historical forms to see how became the cross-shape in 周 and how the box 口 was added below this.

Imagine a farmer walking 辶 around the circumference of his rice field . He does this once per week 週 to check on his farm.

Vocab

period
週期	주기	interval; cycle
週期的	주기적	periodic
週期性	주기성	periodicity
一週年	일주년	first anniversary
週期律表	주기율표	the periodic table
week
週	주	week
週末	주말	weekend
週日	주일	a week
週間	주간	a week
週中	주중	weekdays
週休	주휴	non-working day
每週	매주	every week
來週	내주	next week
隔週	격주	every other week
一週日	일주일	one week
週刊紙	주간지	weekly news paper

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