kun'yomi vs on'yomi


i'm just starting kanji , and a bit confused. if onyomi is when two kanji
together why is 日曜日 has both of the reading?when do i read the kanji kunyomi
even so it's with another kanji?or do i just memorize them as words?




I don't think I have the right answer but in my view most _kun+on_ compound
words are kind of common "set expressions" like the days of the week, some
time expressions, etc. I think in 日曜日 the last 日 " _bi_ " acts more like a
suffix, but I'm not quite certain. My advice is, if you can, try to memorize
the _kun+on_ , _on+kun_ or even _kun-kun_ kanji compounds as words, not trying
to read and split their meaning and reading because they are very few compared
to the _onyomi_ compounds and some are very commonly used. I hope it helps!




I don't think I have the right answer but in my view most _kun+on_ compound
words are kind of common "set expressions" like the days of the week, some
time expressions, etc. I think in 日曜日 the last 日 " _bi_ " acts more like a
suffix, but I'm not quite certain. My advice is, if you can, try to memorize
the _kun+on_ , _on+kun_ or even _kun-kun_ kanji compounds as words, not trying
to read and split their meaning and reading because they are very few compared
to the _onyomi_ compounds and some are very commonly used. I hope it helps!

