月曜

月曜

Chinese

		moon; month	dazzle; glorious
trad. (月曜)		月	曜
simp. #(月曜)		月	曜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyào
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: ywè-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyaw
    • Palladius: юэяо (juejao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

月曜

1. (Classical Chinese, archaic) the Moon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (月曜):

• → Japanese: 月曜(げつよう) (getsuyō)
• → Korean: 월요(月曜) (woryo)
• → Vietnamese: nguyệt diệu (月曜)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	曜
げつ Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/getueu/ > /getuyoː/. Originally it meant the moon[1].

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞t͡sɨᵝjo̞ː]

Noun

月(げつ)曜(よう) • (getsuyō) ^{←げつえう (getueu)?}

1. (archaic) the moon
2. Monday

Synonyms

• 月曜日 (getsuyōbi)

See also

• 七曜 (shichiyō)

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