"平日" meaning in Japanese

See 平日 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [çiɾa̠bʲi] Forms: 平日 [canonical] (ruby: (ひら), ()), hirabi [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 平(ひら) (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi of 日 changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|平|ひら|日|ひ|sort=ひらひ|t1=broad, flat|t2=day}} 平(ひら) (hira, “broad, flat”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”), {{lang|ja|日}} 日, {{ja-l/helper||日|}} 日, {{ja-l||日}} 日, {{rendaku|ひらひ}} rendaku (連濁) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ひらび}} 平(ひら)日(び) • (hirabi)
  1. a weekday, an ordinary day
    Sense id: en-平日-ja-noun-TGIe5xz3 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Chinese character components Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 26 10 10 32 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 26 11 11 32 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 57 43 Disambiguation of Chinese character components: 26 21 27 26
  2. the "say" radical (), literally "the flat 日 (hi, “sun, day”) radical"
    Sense id: en-平日-ja-noun-6tdQ19do Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese character components Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 26 10 10 32 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 26 11 11 32 11 Disambiguation of Chinese character components: 26 21 27 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Calendar Disambiguation of Calendar: 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [he̞ːʑit͡sɨ] Forms: 平日 [canonical] (ruby: (へい), (じつ)), heijitsu [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 平日 (MC bjaeng nyit). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=へいしつ}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|平日|id=2,1}} 平日 (MC bjaeng nyit) Head templates: {{ja-noun|へいじつ}} 平(へい)日(じつ) • (heijitsu)
  1. a habit, an ordinary Synonyms: 常日頃, 不断, 普段, 平生, 平素
    Sense id: en-平日-ja-noun-BAegbMFW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms making reference to character shapes, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Chinese character components Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 26 10 10 32 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 26 11 11 32 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 14 45 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 15 44 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 16 42 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms making reference to character shapes: 11 11 66 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 13 13 62 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 22 17 40 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 17 46 18 Disambiguation of Chinese character components: 26 21 27 26
  2. a weekday, an ordinary day Synonyms: 週日, ウイークデー
    Sense id: en-平日-ja-noun-TGIe5xz31 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese character components Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 26 10 10 32 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 26 11 11 32 11 Disambiguation of Chinese character components: 26 21 27 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Calendar Disambiguation of Calendar: 0 0 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for 平日 meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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