A Conversation for Origins of Days of the Week
Weekdays in Japanese
uge101 Started conversation Jun 1, 2006
Just as an interesting add-on, I've been studying Japanese and their days of the week are as follows:
SUNDAY - nichi-yobi = literally "sun"-day
MONDAY - getsu-yobi = "moon"-day
TUESDAY - ka-yobi = "fire"-day
WEDNESDAY - sui-yobi = "water"-day
THURSDAY - moku-yobi = "wood"-day
FRIDAY - kin-yobi = "gold"-day (payday?!)
SATURDAY - do-yobi = "earth"-day
(Also, the Kanji character for Saturday is used in the Kanji name for the planet Saturn. Whether these names were in use during the Shogun era, when Japan was closed to foreigners, or whether they were adopted since the 1860's, my Japanese tutor didn't know.)
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