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Kanji Detail for 夕 - "evening, night"

夕

  • Meaning

    夕 means "evening, night." Also associated with end of period.

    1. Evening - Dusk; twilight; sundown.

    2. Night - The nighttime.

    3. End of period - The end of a year or month.

  • Words using 夕

    • 夕食 ゆうしょく Listen evening meal; dinner
    • 夕方 ゆうがた Listen early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
    • 夕刊 ゆうかん Listen evening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper
    • 朝夕 あさゆう Listen morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
    • 夕刻 ゆうこく Listen evening; evening hour
    • 夕日 ゆうひ Listen evening sun; setting sun
    • 夕焼け ゆうやけ Listen evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
    • 夕飯 ゆうはん Listen evening meal; dinner; supper

  • Four-character idioms with 夕

    • 一朝一夕 いっちょういっせき Listen in a day; in a brief space of time

  • Tattoo check: 夕

    • Verified meaning: evening, night
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いぶ, ゆう, ゆうべ)
    • Also carries these associations: end of period

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 夕

    Given names 夕(いぶ)Listen 夕(ゆう)Listen 夕(ゆうべ)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    evening

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    evening, night, dusk; slanted

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    evening, night, dusk; slanted

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Evening. Opposite of 朝 (morning). Such as 一朝一夕 (one morning and one evening).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    seki(セキ) セキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yuu(ゆう) ゆう

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    夕 (yube・yu・ta)

  • Related Keywords

    evening night end of period dusk crepuscule darkness dimness eventide gloaming late nocturnal shadows sundown sunset twilight vespertine

Sentences including 夕

  • He was in the habit of taking a walk after supper.

  • His train arrives at five this evening.

  • Why don't you dine out with me for a change?

  • After dinner , i did my homework.

  • I invited jane to dinner.

  • We started it again right after dinner.

  • Her mother was busy cooking the dinner.

  • It came on to rain toward evening.

  • It will be ready by six this evening.

  • Are you ready for dinner?

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