曜日

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Chinese

		dazzle; glorious	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (曜日)		曜	日
simp. ^#(曜日)		曜	日
anagram		日曜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàorì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàorì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàorìh
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-jih⁴
  - Yale: yàu-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawryh
  - Palladius: яожи (jaoži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

Adjective

曜日

(obsolete, of sunshine) shining; bright

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曜	日
よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Back-formation of 月曜日(げつようび) (getsuyōbi), 火曜日(かようび) (kayōbi), etc.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーび (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

曜(よう)日(び) • (yōbi) ^{←えうび (eubi)^?}

day of the week

Derived terms

何曜日

Related terms

(days of the week) 曜(よう)日(び) (yōbi); 日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火(か)曜(よう)日(び) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金(きん)曜(よう)日(び) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土(ど)曜(よう)日(び) (doyōbi, “Saturday”) ^{(Category: ja:Days of the week)}

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
曜	日

Noun

曜日 • (yoil) (hangeul 요일)

hanja form^? of 요일 (“day of the week”)

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