平日

Chinese
 
flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(平日)		 平 日

Pronunciation

Noun

平日

  1. (literary) ordinary days (as opposed to holidays)

Adverb

平日

  1. (literary) ordinarily; usually

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
平 日
ひら
Grade: 3		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 平 (ひら) (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日 (ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi of 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

平日 (hiragana ひらび, rōmaji hirabi)

  1. a weekday, an ordinary day
  2. the "say" radical (曰), literally "the flat 日 (hi, “sun, day”) radical"

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
平 日
へい
Grade: 3		 じつ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 平日 (MC bˠiæŋ ȵiɪt̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

平日 (hiragana へいじつ, rōmaji heijitsu)

  1. a habit, an ordinary
    Synonyms: 常日頃 (tsunahi-goro); 不断, 普段 (fudan); 平生 (heizei); 平素 (heiso)
  2. a weekday, an ordinary day
    Synonyms: 週日 (shūjitsu), ウイークデー (uīkudē)
    Antonyms: 休日 (kyūjitsu), 週末 (shūmatsu), ウイークエンド (uīkuendo)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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