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夜

JLPT N4 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #487

Meanings

Night, Evening

Radicals

夕

Decomposition

⿱亠⿰亻夕

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 亻 sneaking by under cover 亠 of night 夕

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 diagonal right-to-left

4 vertical top-to-bottom

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 corner top-to-bottom

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヤ ya

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よ yo

よる yoru

Words Using This Kanji

323 words total

Other (20 words)

overnight

every evening

every evening

encamping at night

evening dress

open at night

night air

nocturne

night watchman

night attack

night trading

(staying) up late at night

夜鷹よたか

grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)

nocturnal bird

night attack

bed-wetting

night fog

bright even in the dark

夜露よつゆ

evening dew

寒夜かんや

cold night

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