토요일

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Saturday

🪨 토요일 = 土 earth + 曜 weekday + 日 day: Earth-day, Saturn's day

토 (土) means earth or soil, and 요일 (曜日) is the ending shared by every weekday name. In the East Asian week, Saturn is the earth planet, so earth-day lines up with Saturday, which is Saturn's day in English too.

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