黄道吉日

See also: 黃道吉日

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 黄道吉日 – see 黃道吉日 (“an auspicious day in the lunar calendar on which a certain activity such as marriage is favoured.”). (This term is the simplified form of 黃道吉日).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	道	吉	日
こう Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2	きち Grade: S	にち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
黃道吉日 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 黄道 (“ecliptic”) +‎ 吉日 (“auspicious day”), from the belief that the movement of the sun along the ecliptic determined the outcome of human endeavours.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーどーきちにち [kòódóókíchíníchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːdo̞ːkʲit͡ɕiɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

黄(こう)道(どう)吉(きち)日(にち) • (kōdōkichinichi) 

1. (religion) in Onmyodo, an auspicious day to carry out an activity