also: ひらび
adverb, noun
weekday; ordinary non-holiday day
Only with reading へいじつ
Means a regular day as opposed to a weekend or holiday. It can function as a noun or adverbially, as in 平日は, 平日に, or 平日だけ.
平日は朝七時に起きます。
On weekdays, I get up at seven in the morning.
この窓口は平日だけ開い
This service counter is open only on weekdays.
noun
kanji radical 73
Only with reading ひらび
Technical kanji-dictionary term read ひらび, referring to radical 73. This is unrelated to the everyday reading へいじつ meaning “weekday.”
「平日」を「ひらび」と読む場合は、曜日ではなく漢字の部首名を指す。
When 平日 is read as hirabi, it refers to a kanji radical name, not a day of the week.