7 Days and Planets

Some of the readers here may already know how to say the day of the week, but I want to introduce them and how to remember them.

Here is the list of the day of the week.


日曜日 （にちようび / Nichiyoubi）…Sunday

月曜日 （げつようび / Getsuyoubi）…Monday

火曜日 （かようび / Kayoubi）…Tuesday

水曜日 （すいようび / Suiyoubi） …Wednesday

木曜日 （もくようび / Mokuyoubi）…Thursday

金曜日 （きんようび / Kinyoubi）…Friday

土曜日 （どようび / Doyoubi）…Saturday


In Japan, the week usually starts with Sunday. You can see most calendar has Sunday first.

The only you need to remember is the word before “曜日/ Youbi”; 日、月、火、水、木、金、土. Those words are called “七曜 / Shichiyou” and stands for 7 planets you can see with the naked eye.

日 = Sun
月 = Moon
火 = Mars
水 = Mercury
木 = Jupiter
金 = Venus
土 = Saturn

People say just like日(Nichi)、月(Getsu)、火(Ka)、水(Sui)、木(Moku)、金(Kin)、土(Do) when they count the day of the week. For instance, you can say “土、日は休みです。（どにちはやすみです / Do Nichi wa Yasumidesu” means “I’m off on Saturday and Sunday.”

I know Chinese call the day with numbers, 1, 2, 3 …How do you call the day of the week in your language? Does it also have planets name?


Here is the link about planets on my blog "8 Planets on the Solar System"