曜
曜 — Weekday
weekday
On’yomiヨウ (you)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 曜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土曜 | どよう doyou | Saturday |
| 曜日 | ようび youbi | day of the week |
| 日曜 | にちよう nichiyou | Sunday |
| 金曜 | きんよう kinyou | Friday |
| 月曜 | げつよう getsuyou | Monday |
| 水曜 | すいよう suiyou | Wednesday |
Study notes
曜 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #940 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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