日曜日

Chinese
the Sun; to shine
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (日曜日) 日曜 日
simp. #(日曜日) 日曜 日

Pronunciation

Noun

日曜日

  1. (Classical Chinese) Sunday

Synonyms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
日 曜 日
にち
Grade: 1		 よう
Grade: 2		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
on’yomi kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 日曜 (nichiyō, “Sun”, in reference also to the day for that celestial body, 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.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にちよ​ーび [nìchíyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕijo̞ːbʲi]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) • (nichiyōbi) ←にちえうび (nitieubi)?

  1. Sunday

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Further reading

Korean
Hanja in this term
日曜日

Noun

日曜日 • (iryoil) (hangeul 일요일)

  1. Hanja form? of 일요일 (“Sunday”).
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