"週刊" meaning in Japanese

See 週刊 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕɨːkã̠ɴ] Forms: 週刊 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (しゅう), (かん)), shūkan [romanization], siukan [romanization], しうかん [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しゅうかん|hhira=しうかん}} 週(しゅう)刊(かん) • (shūkan) ^(←しうかん (siukan)?)
  1. weekly (publication that is published once a week) Synonyms: ウィークリー Derived forms: 週刊誌 (shūkanshi) (ruby: (しゅう), (かん), ()) Related terms: 日刊 (nikkan) (ruby: (にっ), (かん)) (english: daily publication), 月刊 (gekkan) (ruby: (げっ), (かん)) (english: monthly publication), 季刊 (kikan) (ruby: (), (かん)) (english: quarterly publication), 年刊 (nenkan) (ruby: (ねん), (かん)) (english: annual publication)
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    {
      "form": "週刊 ^",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "週",
          "しゅう"
        ],
        [
          "刊",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shūkan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siukan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
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        },
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        },
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            [
              "週",
              "しゅう"
            ],
            [
              "刊",
              "かん"
            ],
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              "誌",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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        ]
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          "english": "daily publication",
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            ],
            [
              "刊",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "translation": "daily publication",
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        },
        {
          "english": "monthly publication",
          "roman": "gekkan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "月",
              "げっ"
            ],
            [
              "刊",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "translation": "monthly publication",
          "word": "月刊"
        },
        {
          "english": "quarterly publication",
          "roman": "kikan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "季",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "刊",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "translation": "quarterly publication",
          "word": "季刊"
        },
        {
          "english": "annual publication",
          "roman": "nenkan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "刊",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "translation": "annual publication",
          "word": "年刊"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ウィークリー"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕɨːkã̠ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しゅうかん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "週刊"
}
{
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    {
      "roman": "shūkanshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "週",
          "しゅう"
        ],
        [
          "刊",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "誌",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "週刊誌"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "週刊 ^",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "週",
          "しゅう"
        ],
        [
          "刊",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shūkan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siukan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しうかん",
      "roman": "siukan",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "daily publication",
      "roman": "nikkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日",
          "にっ"
        ],
        [
          "刊",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
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      "word": "日刊"
    },
    {
      "english": "monthly publication",
      "roman": "gekkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "月",
          "げっ"
        ],
        [
          "刊",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "monthly publication",
      "word": "月刊"
    },
    {
      "english": "quarterly publication",
      "roman": "kikan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "季",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "刊",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "quarterly publication",
      "word": "季刊"
    },
    {
      "english": "annual publication",
      "roman": "nenkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "年",
          "ねん"
        ],
        [
          "刊",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "annual publication",
      "word": "年刊"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 刊 read as かん",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 週 read as しゅう",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Periodicals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weekly (publication that is published once a week)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weekly",
          "weekly"
        ],
        [
          "publication",
          "publication"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ウィークリー"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕɨːkã̠ɴ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しゅうかん"
    }
  ],
  "word": "週刊"
}

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