日曜

日曜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ jiu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyào
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: r̀-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyaw
    • Palladius: жияо (žijao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ jiu⁶
    • Yale: yaht yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ yiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² jiːu̯²²/

Noun

日曜

1. (Classical Chinese, archaic) the Sun

Verb

日曜

1. to shine

Adjective

日曜

1. bright, well lit

Derived terms

日曜日 (rìyàorì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (日曜):

• → Japanese: 日曜(にちよう) (nichiyō)
• → Korean: 일요(日曜) (iryo)
• → Vietnamese: nhật diệu (日曜)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	曜
にち Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Originally it meant the sun[1].

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕijo̞ː]

Noun

日(にち)曜(よう) • (nichiyō) ^{←にちえう (nitieu)?}

1. (archaic) the sun
2. Sunday

Synonyms

• 日曜日(にちようび) (nichiyōbi)

See also

• 七曜(しちよう) (shichiyō): a week

References

1. Amoghavajra, 文殊師利菩薩及諸仙所說吉凶時日善惡宿曜經, vol. 2, T21, p. 0398b, 759 :
   日曜太陽胡名蜜波斯名曜森勿天竺名阿儞(泥以反)底耶(二合)
   月曜太陰胡名莫波斯名婁禍森勿天竺名蘇上摩
   火曜熒惑胡名雲漢波斯名勢森勿天竺名糞盎聲哦囉迦盎
   水曜辰星胡名咥(丁逸反)波斯名掣森勿天竺名部(引)陀
   木曜歲星胡名鶻勿波斯名本森勿天竺名勿哩訶娑跛底(丁以反)
   金曜太白胡名那歇波斯名數森勿天竺名戌羯羅
   土曜鎮星胡名枳院波斯名翕森勿天竺名賒乃以室折囉