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曜

曜 – weekday

18 strokesTaught in grade 2#940 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 曜 means weekday. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiヨウyou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 72). Components: ヨ・日・隹.

Words using 曜

火曜日かようびTuesday金曜日きんようびFriday月曜日げつようびMonday水曜日すいようびWednesday土曜日どようびSaturday日曜日にちようびSunday木曜日もくようびThursday曜日ようびday of the week水曜すいようWednesday

Example sentences

火曜日に国会が開かれる。
The Diet will meet on Tuesday.
Tatoeba #186646
金曜日の銀行は遅じまいだ。
The bank shuts late on Fridays.
Tatoeba #179621
月曜日はいつも憂鬱だ。
I always feel blue on Mondays.
Tatoeba #175596

Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星暮晴

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.