JLPT N5 · Telling time

一週間

いっしゅうかん

one week

Stroke order of 一週間

3 characters, 24 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

一 · 1 strokes週 · 11 strokes間 · 12 strokes

Memory trick

週 has a road ⻌ around 周, going full circle, while 間 is a sun in a gate.

Parts: 一 one + 週 week + 間 interval

The characters in 一週間

一いち — one (1 strokes)
間あいだ — between; during (12 strokes)

Example sentence

一週間休みました。

いっしゅうかんやすみました。

I took a week off.

Words with 一

一one 一つone (thing)一人one person; alone 一万ten thousand 一万円10,000 yen 一本one (long thing)一枚one (flat thing)一冊one (book)一台one (machine; vehicle)一匹one (small animal)一杯one cup; full 一回once; one time 一階first floor 一番number one; best; most 一時one o'clock 一分one minute 一時間one hour 一年one year

Words with 週

週末weekend 毎週every week 今週this week 来週next week 先週last week

Words with 間

時間time; hours 一時間one hour 間between; during 間に合うto be in time 間違えるto make a mistake 間食snacking between meals 期間period; term 世間the world; society 瞬間moment 居間living room 時間割timetable 間違いmistake 仲間companion; fellow

More words: Telling time

一時one o'clock 四時four o'clock 七時seven o'clock 九時nine o'clock 何時what time 一分one minute 三分three minutes 五分five minutes 三十分thirty minutes 何分how many minutes 一時間one hour 一年one year

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