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Days of the Week

Review: Days of the Week

日曜日 - にちようび　nichiyoubi Sunday - nedjelja
月曜日 - げつようび　getsuyoubi Monday - ponedjeljak
火曜日 - かようび　kayoubi Tuesday - utorak
水曜日 - すいようび　suiyoubi Wednesday - srijeda
木曜日 - もくようび　mokuyoubi Thursday - četvrtak
金曜日 - きんようび　kin'youbi Friday - petak
土曜日 - どようび　doyoubi Saturday - subota

*曜日 is written as ようび(youbi), but it's pronounced "yohbi" or "yoobi".

金

Flooded Goldmine
Originally uploaded by looneylusty.

Gold, money

zlato, novac

金（かね）　- money, metal
kane

金（キン） - gold
kin

金（キン）曜日（ヨウビ）　- Friday
kin'youbi

金

* Imagine that two gold lumps are buried in 土 (soil/earth), underground.

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Radical: 金
Stroke Count: 8
音：キン・コン
訓：かね・かな
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土

Steve's Broke Back Mountain
Originally uploaded by honeybongos.

Soil, earth

zemlja

土（つち）
tsuchi

土（ド）曜日（ヨウビ） - Saturday
doyoubi

土

*土 represents a heap of dirt, which was respected by the ancients as the source of all creation and life.

cf. 社 - shrine

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Radical: 土
Stroke Count: 3
音：ド・ト
訓：つち
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月

moon
Originally uploaded by Phillip Lovell.

Moon

mjesec

月（つき） - moon, month
tsuki

月（ゲツ）曜日（ヨウビ） - Monday
getsuyoubi

月（ゲッ）光（コウ）　- moonlight
gekkou

月

* 月 is also used with kanjis that represent body parts such as:
腰 waist, hip
胸 chest
股 crotch
脂 body fat
腕 arm
脇 arm pit
肩 shoulder

See 肉, 夕

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Radical: 月
Stroke Count: 4
音：ガツ・ゲツ
訓：つき
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日

three sun morning
Originally uploaded by Feuillu.

Sun

sunce

日（ひ） - day, sun
hi

日（ニチ）曜日（ヨウビ） - Sunday
nichiyoubi

日光（ニッコウ） - sunlight
nikkou

日本（ニホン, ニッポン） - Japan
nihon/nippon

日

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 4
音：ジツ・ニチ
訓：か・ひ
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火

Fire 1
Originally uploaded by DrPete.

Fire

vatra

火（ひ） - any type of fire
hi

火（カ）事（ジ） - a fire [accident]
kaji
- požar

火（カ）曜（ヨウ）日（ビ） - Tuesday
kayoubi

火

See 炎

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Radical: 火
Stroke Count: 4
音：カ
訓：ひ・（ほ）
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