水曜

Chinese
water; river dazzle; glorious
simp. and trad.
(水曜)		 水 曜

Pronunciation

Noun

水曜

  1. (Classical Chinese, archaic) planet Mercury

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (水曜):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 曜
すい
Grade: 1		 よう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/suieu/ > /suiyoː/. Originally it meant Mercury[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

水曜 (hiragana すいよう, rōmaji suiyō, historical hiragana すいえう)

  1. (archaic) planet Mercury
  2. Wednesday

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. Amoghavajra, 文殊師利菩薩及諸仙所說吉凶時日善惡宿曜經, vol. 2, T21, p. 0398b, 759 :
    日曜太陽胡名蜜波斯名曜森勿天竺名阿儞(泥以反)底耶(二合)
    月曜太陰胡名莫波斯名婁禍森勿天竺名蘇上摩
    火曜熒惑胡名雲漢波斯名勢森勿天竺名糞盎聲哦囉迦盎
    水曜辰星胡名咥(丁逸反)波斯名掣森勿天竺名部(引)陀
    木曜歲星胡名鶻勿波斯名本森勿天竺名勿哩訶娑跛底(丁以反)
    金曜太白胡名那歇波斯名數森勿天竺名戌羯羅
    土曜鎮星胡名枳院波斯名翕森勿天竺名賒乃以室折囉
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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