also: ひらび
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.
On weekdays, I get up at seven in the morning.
This service counter is open only on weekdays.
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.”
When 平日 is read as hirabi, it refers to a kanji radical name, not a day of the week.
This café is uncrowded on weekdays.
This is a lunch menu available only on weekdays.
The weekday rate is a bit cheaper.
平日 means an ordinary weekday, the direct opposite of 祭日 which is a holiday or festival day.
祝 marks a day as a public holiday, while 平日 marks it as an ordinary weekday.
週休 is the designated day off in a week, whereas 平日 refers to the ordinary working weekdays.
平日 refers to weekdays, contrasting with 日曜 which is the weekend day Sunday.