日曜日
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Chinese
| the Sun; to shine | day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (日曜日) | 日曜 | 日 | |
| simp. #(日曜日) | 日曜 | 日 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyàorìh
- Wade–Giles: jih4-yao4-jih4
- Yale: r̀-yàu-r̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyawryh
- Palladius: жияожи (žijaoži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat6 jiu6 jat6
- Yale: yaht yiuh yaht
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat9 jiu6 jat9
- Guangdong Romanization: yed6 yiu6 yed6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚² jiːu̯²² jɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
日曜日
Synonyms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 日 | 曜 | 日 |
| にち Grade: 1 |
よう Grade: 2 |
ひ > び Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| （日） ㈰ ㊐ |
Etymology
Compound of 日曜 (nichiyō, “Sun”, in reference also to the day for that celestial body, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) + 日 (hi, “day”).[1][2][3]
The compound form suffixed with 日 (hi, “day”) first appears in 1826[4] and enters common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar.
Pronunciation
Noun
日曜日 • (nichiyōbi) ←にちえうび (nitieubi)?
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (days of the week) 曜日 (yōbi); 日曜日 (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月曜日 (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火曜日 (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水曜日 (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木曜日 (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金曜日 (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土曜日 (doyōbi, “Saturday”) (Category: ja:Days of the week)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “日曜日”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Further reading
Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 日 | 曜 | 日 |