ChiramiN4 kanji · 18 strokes
曜 means weekday
曜
日 sun · 羽 feathers · 隹 bird
曜Memory trick
The sun (日) and a bird (隹) with big feathers (羽): a day of the week.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- weekday
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
From Chinese (onyomi) ヨウ you
ヨウ (you) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
曜日 ようび · youbi
day of the week
Built from
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隹 Used in 40 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4彐 Used in 41 kanji
See all 4 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 曜 mean?
Right: 曜 means weekday.Not quite: 曜 means weekday.In 曜日, 曜 is read よう. Which kind of reading is that?
Right. 曜日 is read ようび (youbi): 曜 takes ヨウ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 曜 has.Not quite. 曜日 is read ようび (youbi): 曜 takes ヨウ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 曜 has.