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日付 (ひづけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日ひ付づけ

ひ

づ

け

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to the calendar date on a document, letter, or record; also used for the act of dating something.

手て紙がみに日ひ付づけを書かくのを忘わすれた。
I forgot to write the date on the letter.
この書しょ類るいの日ひ付づけは来

らい

月げつ

に

なっ

て

いる

。

The date on this document is set for next month.

Written forms

日ひ付づけUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
日ひ付づけUsage6%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; seen in some contexts but less standard than 日付.
日ひ附づけ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 附 is an older variant of 付.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
付adhere, attach, refer to
附affixed, attach, refer to

Similar words

年ねん月がっ日ぴ
年月日 is a more formal compound meaning 'year, month, day' often used in official documents, while 日付 is the common word for 'date'.
日にち時じ
日時 includes both date and time, whereas 日付 refers only to the date.

Etymology

Compound of 日 (hi, 'day') and 付け (tsuke, 'attaching'), from the verb 付ける (tsukeru, 'to attach'). The reading ひづけ results from rendaku voicing of つけ to づけ.