水曜

水曜

Chinese

		water; river	dazzle; glorious
trad. (水曜)		水	曜
simp. #(水曜)		水	曜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiyào
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-yao⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiyaw
    • Palladius: шуйяо (šujjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

水曜

1. (Classical Chinese, archaic) planet Mercury

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水曜):

• → Japanese: 水曜(すいよう) (suiyō)
• → Korean: 수요(水曜) (suyo)
• → Vietnamese: thuỷ diệu (水曜)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	曜
すい Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/suieu/ > /suiyoː/. Originally it meant Mercury[1].

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) すいよ​ー [sùíyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• (Tokyo) すいよー [sùíyóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝijo̞ː]

Noun

水(すい)曜(よう) • (suiyō) ^{←すいえう (suieu)?}

1. (archaic) planet Mercury
2. Wednesday

Synonyms

• 水曜日 (suiyōbi)

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
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN