月曜日

Chinese
the Moon
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(月曜日)		 月曜 日

Pronunciation

Noun

月曜日

  1. (Classical Chinese) Monday

Synonyms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
月 曜 日
げつ
Grade: 1		 よう
Grade: 2		 ひ > び
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

/getueubi/ > /getuyoːbi/.

Compound of 月曜 (getsuyō, “moon”, 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”) appears in common use from the Meiji period with the promulgation of the Gregorian calendar. See also Names of the days of the week#East Asian tradition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) げつよ​ーび [gètsúyóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ɡe̞t͡sɨᵝjo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

月曜日 (hiragana げつようび, rōmaji getsuyōbi, historical hiragana げつえうび)

  1. Monday

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
月曜日

Noun

月曜日 • (woryoil) (hangeul 월요일)

  1. Hanja form? of 월요일 (“Monday”).
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