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.
この窓口は平日だけ開いています。
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.”
「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.
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 the weekdays (Monday to Friday), the direct opposite of 土日, which refers to Saturday and Sunday.
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.
Kana spelling is practical in explanations of kanji radical names, where the reading itself is being identified.