土曜日

Chinese

planet Saturn
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
trad. (土曜日) 土曜
simp. #(土曜日) 土曜

Pronunciation


Noun

土曜日

  1. (Classical) Saturday

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
よう
Grade: 2
ひ > び
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
土𫞂日

Alternative forms

Etymology

/doeubi/ > /dojoːbi/

Compound of 土曜 (doyō, Saturn (the planet), in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period) +‎ (hi, day).[1][2][3] The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The compound form suffixed with (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

Noun

()(よう)() • (doyōbiどえうび (doeubi)?

  1. Saturday

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. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

土曜日 • (toyoil) (hangeul 토요일)

  1. hanja form? of 토요일 (Saturday)