Abbreviations for weekdays


I was studying Japanese weekdays and I found something interesting: you can
use abbreviations such us ゲッすい (月水) to indicate both Monday and Wednesday or
木土 pron. どぼく to indicate Thursday and Saturday. When can you use them? And how
many of them are? Is there an order of the kanji when you use them (can I say
すいゲ instead of ゲッすい)?




This kind of abbreviations are used to indicate two or more days of general
week or certain week. That is, 月水金(げっすいきん) can mean either "Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays (in general)" or "Monday, Wednesday and Friday (of
certain week)" according to the context.

In such abbreviations, the order of kanji generally follows the actual order
of days. (e.g. people say 月水(げっすい) but not 水月 because Monday comes before
Wednesday) I am not sure how to form this kind of abbreviations when Sunday
involved, but it is safe to say that consecutive days are represented in that
order (e.g. people say 土日月(どにちげつ) but not 日月土 nor 月土日).




This kind of abbreviations are used to indicate two or more days of general
week or certain week. That is, 月水金(げっすいきん) can mean either "Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays (in general)" or "Monday, Wednesday and Friday (of
certain week)" according to the context.

In such abbreviations, the order of kanji generally follows the actual order
of days. (e.g. people say 月水(げっすい) but not 水月 because Monday comes before
Wednesday) I am not sure how to form this kind of abbreviations when Sunday
involved, but it is safe to say that consecutive days are represented in that
order (e.g. people say 土日月(どにちげつ) but not 日月土 nor 月土日).

