平へい日じつ

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.

• 平へい日じつは朝あさ七しち時じに起おきます。

  On weekdays, I get up at seven in the morning.

• この窓まど口ぐちは平へい日じつだけ開あいています。

  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.”

• 「平へい日じつ」を「ひらび」と読よむ場ば合あいは、曜よう日びではなく漢かん字じの部ぶ首しゅ名めいを指さす。

  When 平日 is read as hirabi, it refers to a kanji radical name, not a day of the week.