日曜日

Chinese

		the Sun; to shine	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (日曜日)		日曜	日
simp. #(日曜日)		日曜	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìyàorì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ jiu⁶ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìyàorì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyàorìh
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-yao⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: r̀-yàu-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyawryh
    • Palladius: жияожи (žijaoži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ jiu⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: yaht yiuh yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ jiu⁶ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ yiu⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² jiːu̯²² jɐt̚²/

Noun

日曜日

1. (Classical) Sunday

Synonyms

• 星期天 (xīngqītiān)
• 星期日 (xīngqīrì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	曜	日
にち Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2	ひ > び Grade: 1
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
（日） ㈰ ㊐

Etymology

Compound of 日曜 (nichiyō, “Sun”, in reference also to the day for that celestial body, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).^[1][2][3]

The compound form suffixed with 日 (hi, “day”) first appears in 1826^[4] and enters common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にちよーび [nìchíyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[5]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕijo̞ːbʲi]

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Noun

日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) • (nichiyōbi) ^{←にちえうび (nitieubi)?}

1. [from 1826] Sunday

Synonyms

• 日(にち)曜(よう) (nichiyō)
• サンデー (sandē)

Coordinate terms

• (days of the week) 曜(よう)日(び) (yōbi); 日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”), 月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”), 火(か)曜(よう)日(び) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”), 水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”), 木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”), 金(きん)曜(よう)日(び) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”), 土(ど)曜(よう)日(び) (doyōbi, “Saturday”) ^{(Category: ja:Days of the week)}

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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
4. “日曜日”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
5. 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Further reading

• Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
日	曜	日

Noun

日曜日 • (iryoil) (hangeul 일요일)

1. hanja form^? of 일요일 (“Sunday”)