日曜

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	dazzle; glorious
trad. (日曜)		日	曜
simp. #(日曜)		日	曜
anagram		曜日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ jiu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyào
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: r̀-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyaw
    • Palladius: жияо (žijao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ jiu⁶
    • Yale: yaht yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ yiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² jiːu̯²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 日曜

1. (Classical, archaic) the Sun

Verb

日曜

1. to shine

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 日曜

1. bright, well lit

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (日曜):

• → Japanese: 日曜(にちよう) (nichiyō)
• → Korean: 일요(日曜) (iryo)
• → Vietnamese: nhật diệu (日曜)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	曜
にち Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Originally it meant the sun.

Noun

日(にち)曜(よう) • (nichiyō) ^{←にちえう (nitieu)?}

1. (archaic) the sun
2. Sunday

Synonyms

• 日曜日(にちようび) (nichiyōbi)

See also

• 七曜(しちよう) (shichiyō): a week