water
→
Wednesday
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 133 | Mercury | → | Wednesday | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | 水 | |
| Lexeme 2 | 水曜日 | |
| Meaning 1 | water | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | Wednesday (lit. Water day) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Compound of 水曜 (suiyō) 'Mercury (the planet)', in reference also to the day for that planet, as originally imported from Chinese astrology in the Heian period + 日 (hi) 'day'. | |