水曜日

Chinese
planet Mercury
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(水曜日)		 水曜 日

Pronunciation

Noun

水曜日

  1. (Classical Chinese) Wednesday

Synonyms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 曜 日
すい
Grade: 1		 よう
Grade: 2		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

/suieubi/ > /suijoːbi/.

Compound of 水曜 (suiyō, “Mercury (the planet)”, in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).[1][2][3]

The compound form suffixed with 日 (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#East Asian tradition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) すいよ​ーび [sùíyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝijo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

水曜日 (hiragana すいようび, rōmaji suiyōbi, historical hiragana すいえうび)

  1. Wednesday

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
水曜日

Noun

水曜日 • (suyoil) (hangeul 수요일)

  1. Hanja form? of 수요일 (“Wednesday”).
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