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I was studying the names of the planets and noticed some similarities. Are the
days of the week named after the planets?
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Are the days of the week named after the planets?
Yes, they are, and it comes from Western Influence.

日曜, 月曜, 火曜, 水曜, 木曜, 金曜, 土曜 are Classical Chinese names for the Sun, Moon,
Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, respectively.

English names for the days of the week are mostly Germanic names for the same
planets. Sunday, Monday, and Saturday are obvious, but we have

  * Tuesday (Norse: _Tiw_ for Mars)
  * Wednesday (Norse: _Odin_ ; Old English: _Wōden_ for Mercury)
  * Thursday (Norse: _Thor_ for Jupiter)
  * Friday (Norse: Frigg for Venus)

Chinese no longer uses this name scheme, but Korean and Japanese still use
this system.
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The English names really do not help, but the Italian names should give it
away:

  * (Domenica) not related : Sunday
  * Lunedì : Day of the moon ("lunar")
  * Martedì : Day of Mars (Martian)
  * Mercoledì : Day of Mercury
  * Giovedì : Day of Jupiter ("by Jove")
  * Venerdì : Day of Venus
  * (Sabato) "sabbath" not related: Satur(n)day!
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