Days of the Week in Japanese (idea) by microlith

曜日の日本語
_{(youbi no nihongo)}

A little info on the days of the week in Japanese. I've included the kanji, the hiragana pronunciation, and the romaji.

(Jan. 2, 2002 - Changed EUC encodings to Unicode entities. Still need unicode-compliant japanese fonts).

月曜日 - Getsuyoubi - Monday

月 - Kanji for moon, and month.
曜 - Kanji for weekday.
日 - Kanji for day.

火曜日 - Kayoubi - Tuesday

火 - kanji for fire.

水曜日 - Suiyoubi - Wednesday

水 - Kanji for water

木曜日 - Mokuyoubi - Thursday

木 - kanji for tree or wood

金曜日 - Kinyoubi - Friday

金 - Kanji for gold

土曜日 - Doyoubi - Saturday

土 - Kanji for soil, earth, or the country Turkey

日曜日 - Nichiyoubi - Sunday

日 - one of the many readings for the kanji that represents the day, sun, or Japan.

_{I know, it's not nearly as interesting as the planets, but it's still fun to node =]}

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