Mnemonic
Every weekday, the sun blasts through your window. A frantic bird on your sill snatches a comb, drags it through her crest, grabs a second comb, smooths her tail—then bolts off to catch the morning worm commute.
Additional thoughts
Picture a bird with two combs as part of her weekday morning routine—just like yours. The sun is your alarm, the double-combing is the rushed grooming, and the bird is you heading off to work.Quick recall
Every weekday, the sun wakes a bird who double-combs before commuting.Details
The keyword for 曜 is weekday. This kanji refers to the days of the week and is most commonly seen as part of the word for each specific day, such as Monday through Sunday. It carries the sense of a shining, luminous celestial body, as the days of the week in Japanese are named after the sun, moon, and five classical planets. Thus, 曜 connects the cosmic cycle of heavenly bodies to the recurring cycle of weekdays.
- On'yomi
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