Days of the Week in Kanji: Printable Practice Sheets
The Japanese week names each day after a celestial body or classical element, followed by 曜日: sun (日), moon (月), fire (火), water (水), wood (木), metal (金) and earth (土). The first seven kanji are simple, but 18-stroke 曜 appears in every single weekday word and deserves real practice. Print the set below as a stroke-order worksheet and master all eight.
What's in every practice sheet
- One page per kanji: a large model character plus rows of genkōyōshi practice squares to trace and copy.
- Stroke-order guides: numbered stroke diagrams from the KanjiVG project (can be turned off).
- Your paper, your grid: A4, A3, Letter or Legal, portrait or landscape, 6 to 28 squares per row.
- Free and private: the PDF is generated in your browser; no account, no watermark, no upload.
All 8 kanji in this set
Choose any character to open it in the generator, or scroll down to print the whole set.
日
Kun: -か, -び, ひ
On: ジツ, ニチ
day, sun, Japan
月
Kun: つき
On: ガツ, ゲツ
month, moon
火
Kun: -び, ひ, ほ-
On: カ
fire
水
Kun: みず, みず-
On: スイ
water
木
Kun: き, こ-
On: ボク, モク
tree, wood
金
Kun: -がね, かな-, かね
On: キン, コン, ゴン
gold
土
Kun: つち
On: ト, ド
soil, earth, ground
曜
On: ヨウ
weekday
Print these kanji
How to print your drill book
- Open one of the sets above: the generator loads with the kanji already selected (each sheet holds up to 50 kanji).
- Adjust paper size, orientation, squares per row and stroke-order guides in the options panel. The preview updates live.
- Press Download PDF and print. Repeat for the next part if the set is split.