水曜日 shuǐyàorì Wednesday Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 水 shuǐ Mercury short for 水星 shuǐxīng (the planet Mercury)曜 yào celestial body (bound form) a celestial body, specifically the sun, moon, or one of the five visible planets; used in the 七曜 qīyào system and in naming days of the week日 rì nounadverb day a 24-hour period; the time it takes for the earth to rotate once on its axis