Readings
Meanings
Radicals and components
How it's built夜
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Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘtop hat (亠) · person (人) · walking legs (儿) · drop (丶)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1115
On Reading Examples
町の灯りはとても明るくとてもちかくなっていて通りの灯かりは夜中輝いています。やちゅう Now the lights of the city were bright and very close, and the streetlights shone all night.tatoebaWe sat up half the night just talking.tatoeba その晩と次の日とその夜中ずっと地下室で過ごしたのよ。やちゅう We spent all of that night, the next day, and the next night in the cellar.tatoeba彼女は夜半までトイレでうつむいて吐いていた。やはん She'd spent half the night with her head down the toilet throwing up.tatoebaKun Reading Examples
I waited for my husband till after midnight.tatoeba I awoke three times in the night.tatoeba We talked until two in the morning.tatoeba Additional Examples
He studied day and night with a view to becoming a lawyer.tatoeba He worked day and night and overworked himself.tatoeba He thinks nothing of staying up all night.tatoeba Stroke Order
8 strokes
Night. 亠 (roof) + 亻 (person) + 夕 (moon) — a person under a roof with the moon outside.
Practice Writing
Practice Writing 夜
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step