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Kanji Detail for 夜 - "night, evening, midnight"

夜

  • Meaning

    夜 means "night, evening, midnight."

    1. Night - The time from sunset to sunrise.

    2. Midnight - Late at night; the dead of night.

  • Words using 夜

    • 日夜 にちや Listen day and night; around the clock; always
    • 深夜 しんや Listen late at night
    • 夜間 やかん Listen night; nighttime
    • 前夜 ぜんや Listen last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.)
    • 一夜 いちや Listen one night; all night; overnight
    • 同夜 どうや Listen the same night; that night
    • 徹夜 てつや Listen staying up all night
    • 夜中 よなか Listen middle of the night; dead of night

  • Four-character idioms with 夜

    • 夜目遠目 よめとおめ Listen seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance
    • 夜郎自大 やろうじだい Listen throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations
    • 如法暗夜 にょほうあんや Listen total (utter) darkness
    • 昼夜兼行 ちゅうやけんこう Listen around-the-clock; (working) day and night
    • 無明長夜 むみょうじょうや Listen the long night of spiritual darkness
    • 白河夜船 しらかわよふね Listen being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner

  • Origin of 夜

    亦, in abbreviated form — its strokes now split around the character — lends the reading ya, with 夕, evening, tucked inside: night. 夜空 the night sky, 夜桜 blossoms after dark, 今夜 tonight.

    How to remember it: The evening 夕 folded into the character — night.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: night, evening, midnight
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ないと, よる)

    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 夜

    Given names 夜(ないと)Listen 夜(よる)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    night; evening

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    night, dark; in night; by night

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 夜[ye4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    night, dark; under cover of night

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

    When the sun sets, it's night.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ya(ヤ) ヤ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yo(よ) よ

    yo.ru(よる) よる

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    夕 (yube・yu・ta)

  • Related Keywords

    night midnight evening darkness dusk nocturnal lunar moon stars shadows sleep twilight late

Sentences including 夜

  • My father got home late last night.

  • Since i stayed up late , i'm very sleepy.

  • Don't go to such a place at night.

  • I could not sleep much last night.

  • Come over tonight. i will show you how.

  • Do you want to have sushi tonight?

  • In the evening , i have dinner at home with my family.

  • I stayed up much later when i was a student.

  • I didn't have a good time last night.

  • Can i see you tonight?

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