水曜日

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

Pronunciation

Noun

水曜日

  1. (Classical) Wednesday

Synonyms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 曜 日
すい
Grade: 1		 よう
Grade: 2		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
on’yomi kun’yomi

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 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

    Noun

    水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) • (suiyōbi) ←すいえうび (suieubi)?

    1. Wednesday

    Synonyms

    See also

    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

    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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