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金曜日

Mandarin · pinyin Jīn yào rì

Friday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)

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金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
曜: yào · glorious, as sun; daylight, sunlight; one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
日: rì · sun; day; daytime

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1–4–4 · Jin1 yao4 ri4

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gam1 jiu6 jat6

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noun

(Classical) Friday

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