| Word form | nichiyō |
| Original script | 日曜 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Also as Hybrid term, nichiyōbi, first attested in 1826. |
| Analyzability | analyzable compound |
| Gloss | nichi-yō sun-day |
| Age | Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 1112 |
| Comparison with Mandarin | different term (Mandarin) |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 93.5 |