weekday
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
月曜日の朝、ルーカスはいつも通り仕事に来ました。
Getsuyoubi no asa, Rūkasu wa itsumo doori shigoto ni kimashita.
It was Monday morning, and Lucas got to work like always.
毎週火曜日と木曜日、必ず何か違うことが起きます。
Maishuu kayoubi to mokuyoubi, kanarazu nanika chigau koto ga okimasu.
Every Tuesday and every Thursday, without fail, something different happens.
毎週火曜日と木曜日、必ず何か違うことが起きます。
Maishuu kayoubi to mokuyoubi, kanarazu nanika chigau koto ga okimasu.
Every Tuesday and every Thursday, without fail, something different happens.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0