水曜日
Chinese
planet Mercury | day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (水曜日) | 水曜 | 日 | |
simp. #(水曜日) | 水曜 | 日 |
Pronunciation
Noun
水曜日
- (Classical Chinese) Wednesday
Synonyms
- 星期三 (xīngqīsān)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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水 | 曜 | 日 |
すい Grade: 1 | よう Grade: 2 | ひ > び Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- (水); ㈬; ㊌
Etymology
/suieubi/ > /suijoːbi/.
Compound of 水曜 (suiyō, “Mercury (the planet)”, in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) + 日 (hi, “day”).[1][2][3]
The compound form suffixed with 日 (hi, “day”) appears in common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar. See also Names of the days of the week#East Asian tradition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) すいよーび [sùíyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4]
- IPA(key): [sɨᵝijo̞ːbʲi]
Noun
水曜日 • (suiyōbi) ←すいえうび (suieubi)?
- Wednesday
Synonyms
- 水曜 (suiyō)
- ウェンズデー (wenzudē)
See also
- (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
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | ||
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水 | 曜 | 日 |
Noun
水曜日 • (suyoil) (hangeul 수요일)
- Hanja form? of 수요일 (“Wednesday”).