Japanese symbol for “fortnight”
二週間
にしゅうかん
Romaji: nishuukan
two weeks; fortnight
In Japanese, fortnight is 二週間, read にしゅうかん (nishuukan).
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Meanings
- n two weeks; fortnight
Written forms: 二週間、２週間. Readings: にしゅうかん.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二つ | ふたつ futatsu | two |
| 二宮 | にぐう niguu | the Two Ise Shrines |
| 二塁打 | にるいだ niruida | two-base hit; double |
| 二塁 | にるい nirui | second base |
| 二分 | にぶん nibun | halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection |
| 一石二鳥 | いっせきにちょう issekinichou | killing two birds with one stone |
| 週間 | しゅうかん shuukan | week |
| 今週 | こんしゅう konshuu | this week |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fortnight”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.