日曜日
Chinese
the Sun; to shine | day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (日曜日) | 日曜 | 日 | |
simp. #(日曜日) | 日曜 | 日 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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日 | 曜 | 日 |
にち Grade: 1 |
よう Grade: 2 |
ひ > び Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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(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.
Coordinate terms
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- “日曜日”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- 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
- Names of the days of the week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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