Chinese

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planet Venus
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
trad. (金曜日) 金曜
simp. #(金曜日) 金曜

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Noun

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金曜日

  1. (Classical) Friday

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
よう
Grade: 2
ひ > び
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi

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Etymology

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/kiɴeubi/ → /kiɴjoːbi/

Compound of 金曜 (kin'yō, Venus (the planet), in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ (hi, day).[1][2][3]

The compound form suffixed with (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 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きん)(よう)() (kin'yōbiきんえうび (kin'eubi)?

  1. Friday

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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金曜日 (geumyoil) (hangeul 금요일)

  1. Hanja form? of 금요일 (Friday).