日曜日
Chinese edit
the Sun; to shine | day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (日曜日) | 日曜 | 日 | |
simp. #(日曜日) | 日曜 | 日 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
日曜日
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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日 | 曜 | 日 |
にち Grade: 1 |
よう Grade: 2 |
ひ > び Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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(日) ㈰ ㊐ |
Etymology edit
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”) first appears in 1826[4] and enters common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
日曜日 • (nichiyōbi) ←にちえうび (nitieubi)?
- [from 1826] Sunday
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (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 edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “日曜日”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | ||
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日 | 曜 | 日 |