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火曜日

かようび

Tuesday

Mnemonic

Fire 火 day, which is Mars, which is where French gets mardi from. There is a meeting on that one: かようび.

Built from

fire
A pictograph, a flame with sparks going off to either side of it.
day of the week
日 the sun on the left with feathers and a bird above it. It marks the seven days, one for each of the old heavenly bodies.
sun, day
A pictograph, the sun with a mark in the middle.

Words sharing these kanji

fire Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Japanese language every day Japan tomorrow yesterday

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