曜 — day of the week

Kanji

〈 159 of 160 〉

Meaning

day of the week

Onyomi

ヨウ

Kunyomi

n/a

Radical

ひへん
ひへん
sun, day, time
4
Radical position: hen

Strokes

18

Grade

2

Kodansha

749

Classic Nelson

2162

Hint

Sequence of days 日 repeated after an interval Image of kanji fragment (bird 隹 using its wings ヨヨ to fly to another place).
Kanji alive

Examples

曜日（ようび）
day of the week
日曜日（にちようび）
Sunday
月曜日（げつようび）
Monday
火曜日（かようび）
Tuesday
水曜日（すいようび）
Wednesday
木曜日（もくようび）
Thursday
金曜日（きんようび）
Friday
土曜日（どようび）
Saturday
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Quick Reference

Please see our User Guide for detailed explanations of all of Kanji alive's features or watch our short demonstration videos. If you are having technical difficulties, please refer to our Troubleshooting page.

詳細は、メーニューの「日本語」内にある使用説明とトラブルシューティングをご参照ください。

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Other Interactive Elements

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Next/Previous stroke Use the Shift + ← or Shift + → keys, click the previous and next stroke icons on each side of the play/pause icon or move your mouse cursor over the stroke breakdown images.
Radical animation Use the Shift + r keys or click on the image on the far right of the radical field to view an animation illustrating the radical's historical derivation.
Examples Move your mouse cursor over a Japanese word in the Examples field to reveal its English meaning. Click on the play icon to the right of each example to hear its pronunciation.

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