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

Noun

木曜日

  1. (Classical) Thursday

Synonyms

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

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”).[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.

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) もくよ​ーび [mòkúyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4]
    • IPA(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝjo̞ːbʲi]

    Noun

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

    1. Thursday

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    References
    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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Further reading

    Korean
    Hanja in this term
    木曜日

    Noun

    木曜日 • (mogyoil) (hangeul 목요일)

    1. Hanja form? of 목요일 (“Thursday”).
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