土曜日 tǔ yào rì

DEFINITIONS

  1. Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)

CHARACTERS

土 tǔ
HSK 5
soil, earth; items made of earth
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
HSK 2
sun; day; daytime