6
曜
Weekday
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🪐Japanese weekdays are named after celestial objects and planets. Monday is Moon Day (月曜日), Tuesday is Mars Day (火曜日), and Wednesday is Mercury Day (水曜日). Surprisingly, traditional Hindu weekday names follow the same pattern—Somvar (Moon), Mangalvar (Mars), Budhvar (Mercury), and so on. Despite being thousands of kilometers apart, both cultures organized the week around the same heavenly bodies.
Memory Trick
You don't really need a memory trick for 曜. This kanji only appears in word for days of week.
Readings
Onyomi: ヨウ (you)
Kunyomi:
Example Words
曜日
ようび (youbi)
Day of the week
日曜日
にちようび (nichiyoubi)
Sunday
月曜日
げつようび (getsuyoubi)
Monday
金曜日
きんようび (kinyoubi)
Friday
Example Sentence
今日は 何曜日ですか。
きょうは なんようびですか。
kyou wa nan youbi desu ka
What day of the week is it today?