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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

曜: weekday

JLPT N418 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 翟 gives the sound

18 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 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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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

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翟

Also built on 翟

The 翟 family reads タク (taku); 曜 is read ヨウ.

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
曜 weekday · 日
vs濯 laundry · 氵
曜 has 日 where 濯 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yào

Same form: 曜 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
曜 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
曜 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yào most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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