曜

Day of the Week

JLPT N3 18 strokes Sun radical (#72) On: ヨウ (no common kun'yomi)

Stroke Order

曜 is a genuinely complex, 18-stroke kanji built from three components: 日 (day/sun, left), 羽 (feathers, upper right), and 隹 (short-tailed bird, lower right). Each component's own internal stroke order follows standard convention; components are drawn left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

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Pronunciation

Japanese — On'yomi
ヨウ
yō — almost always used in 曜日 (yōbi, "day of the week"), e.g. 月曜日 getsuyōbi, "Monday"
Chinese — Mandarin
yào
Pinyin: yào (4th tone)