月曜

Chinese

		moon; month	dazzle; glorious
trad. (月曜)		月	曜
simp. ^#(月曜)		月	曜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèyào

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyào
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-yao⁴
  - Yale: ywè-yàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyaw
  - Palladius: юэяо (juejao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

月曜

(Classical, archaic) the Moon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (月曜):

→ Japanese: 月曜(げつよう) (getsuyō)
→ Korean: 월요(月曜) (woryo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	曜
げつ Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/getueu/ > /getuyoː/. Originally it meant the moon.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げつよー [gètsúyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
(Tokyo) げつよー [gètsúyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞t͡sɨjo̞ː]

Noun

月(げつ)曜(よう) • (getsuyō) ^{←げつえう (getueu)^?}

(archaic) the moon
Monday

Synonyms

月曜日 (getsuyōbi)

See also

七曜 (shichiyō)

References

^ Amoghavajra, 文殊師利菩薩及諸仙所說吉凶時日善惡宿曜經, vol. 2, T21, p. 0398b, 759 :
日曜太陽胡名蜜波斯名曜森勿天竺名阿儞(泥以反)底耶(二合)
月曜太陰胡名莫波斯名婁禍森勿天竺名蘇上摩
火曜熒惑胡名雲漢波斯名勢森勿天竺名糞盎聲哦囉迦盎
水曜辰星胡名咥(丁逸反)波斯名掣森勿天竺名部(引)陀
木曜歲星胡名鶻勿波斯名本森勿天竺名勿哩訶娑跛底(丁以反)
金曜太白胡名那歇波斯名數森勿天竺名戌羯羅
土曜鎮星胡名枳院波斯名翕森勿天竺名賒乃以室折囉

Korean

Hanja in this term
月	曜

Noun

月曜 • (woryo) (hangeul 월요)

hanja form^? of 월요 (“(archaic) the Moon”)
hanja form^? of 월요 (“Monday”)