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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)

一夜妻いちやづま

temporary consort

乙夜いつや

second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm)

百鬼夜行ひゃっきやぎょう

nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.

middle of the night

night watch

night chat

night travel

night cold

two nights before last

夜鳴きよなき

calling at night (of a bird, etc.)

night-deposit safe

late at night

night stall

every evening

crying (of an infant) at night

staying up late

dead of night

dead of night

night

cold night

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