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

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

(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）㈰㊐日𫞂日

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]
Audio: (file)

Noun

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

[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) (appendix): 日(にち)曜(よう)日(び) (nichiyōbi) · 月(げつ)曜(よう)日(び) (getsuyōbi) · 火(か)曜(よう)日(び) (kayōbi) · 水(すい)曜(よう)日(び) (suiyōbi) · 木(もく)曜(よう)日(び) (mokuyōbi) · 金(きん)曜(よう)日(び) (kin'yōbi) · 土(ど)曜(よう)日(び) (doyōbi)^[edit]

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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ “日曜日”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ 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
日	曜	日

Noun

日曜日 • (iryoil) (hangeul 일요일)

hanja form^? of 일요일 (“Sunday”)

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ2-4] “日曜日”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[NHK-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

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Korean

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