ChiramiN4 kanji · 8 strokes
夜 means night
夜
亠 roof · 亻 person · 夕 moon
夜Memory trick
A person under a roof while the moon (夕) is out: night.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- night, evening
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) よ yo
よ (yo) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: よる yoru
From Chinese (onyomi) ヤ ya
ヤ (ya) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
夜明け よあけ · yoake
dawn, daybreak
Built from
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夕 Used in 20 kanji
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What does 夜 mean?
Right: 夜 means night.Not quite: 夜 means night.In 夜明け, which reading does 夜 use?
Right. 夜明け is read よあけ (yoake): 夜 takes よ, its Japanese reading.Not quite. 夜明け is read よあけ (yoake): 夜 takes よ, its Japanese reading.