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夜

night
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingヤ
Kun readingよ、よる
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

昨夜今夜深夜

Radicals and components

Radical夕eveningComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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top hat (亠) · person (人) · walking legs (儿) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1115

Compound words

昨夜ゆうべ
last night; yesterday evening
昨夜さくや
last night; yesterday evening
今夜こんや
this evening; tonight
深夜しんや
late at night
月夜つきよ
moonlit night
前夜ぜんや
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
昼夜ちゅうや
day and night
通夜つや
all-night vigil over a body; wake
徹夜てつや
staying up all night
同夜どうや
the same night; that night
日夜にちや
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
夜学やがく
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
夜間やかん
night; nighttime
夜勤やきん
night duty; night shift; night work
夜具やぐ
bedding; bedclothes
夜空よぞら
night sky
夜景やけい
night view; night skyline; nightscape
夜中よなか
middle of the night; dead of night
一夜いちや
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
夜行やこう
night travel; walking around at night; night train; nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.
真夜中まよなか
dead of night; midnight
前夜祭ぜんやさい
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
夜明けよあけ
dawn; daybreak
夜更けよふけ
late at night; small hours of the morning

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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