Japanese Kanji Week 月〜日

Yao Wang
1 min readMar 16, 2024

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月、火、水、木、金、土、日

  1. Monday: 月曜日 (Getsuyōbi) - "Moon day"

Kanji: 月 (getsu) meaning "moon" or "month" + 曜日 (yōbi) meaning "day of the week"

2. Tuesday: 火曜日 (Kayōbi) - "Fire day"

Kanji: 火 (ka) meaning "fire" + 曜日 (yōbi) meaning "day of the week"

3. Wednesday: 水曜日 (Suiyōbi) - "Water day"

Kanji: 水 (sui) meaning "water" + 曜日 (yōbi) meaning "day of the week"

4. Thursday: 木曜日 (Mokuyōbi) - "Wood day"

Kanji: 木 (moku) meaning "wood" + 曜日 (yōbi) meaning "day of the week"

5. Friday: 金曜日 (Kin'yōbi) - "Gold day"

Kanji: 金 (kin) meaning "gold" + 曜日 (yōbi) meaning "day of the week"

6. Saturday: 土曜日 (Doyōbi) - "Earth day"

Kanji: 土 (do) meaning "earth" + 曜日 (yōbi) meaning "day of the week"

7. Sunday: 日曜日 (Nichiyōbi) - "Sun day"

Kanji: 日 (nichi) meaning "sun" + 曜日 (yōbi) meaning "day of the week"

Each day of the week in Japanese is formed by combining the kanji for the corresponding element or celestial body with the suffix 曜日 (yōbi), which means "day of the week."

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