木曜日

Chinese

		planet Jupiter	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (木曜日)		木曜	日
simp. #(木曜日)		木曜	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùyàorì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ jiu⁶ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùyàorì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùyàorìh
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-yao⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: mù-yàu-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhyawryh
    • Palladius: муяожи (mujaoži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ jiu⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: muhk yiuh yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ jiu⁶ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ yiu⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² jiːu̯²² jɐt̚²/

Noun

木曜日

1. (Classical) Thursday

Synonyms

• 星期四 (xīngqīsì)

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• （木）; ㈭; ㊍

Etymology

/mokueubi/ > /mokujoːbi/.

Compound of 木曜 (mokuyō, “Jupiter (the planet)”, in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).

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) もくよ​ーび [mòkúyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝjo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) • (mokuyōbi) ^{←もくえうび (mokueubi)?}

1. Thursday

Synonyms

• 木曜(もくよう) (mokuyō)

Coordinate terms

• (days of the week) 曜(よう)日(び) (yōbi); 日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火(か)曜(よう)日(び) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金(きん)曜(よう)日(び) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土(ど)曜(よう)日(び) (doyōbi, “Saturday”) ^{(Category: ja:Days of the week)}

Further reading

• Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
木	曜	日

Noun

木曜日 • (mogyoil) (hangeul 목요일)

1. Hanja form^? of 목요일 (“Thursday”).