Chinese symbol for “night”
夜
yè
night
The closest CC-CEDICT match for night is 夜 (yè), defined as: night.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “night”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 黑夜 | hēi yè | night |
| 宿 | xiǔ | night; classifier for nights |
| 宵 | xiāo | night |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 夜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night |
| 夜间 (夜間) | yè jiān | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) |
| 午夜 | wǔ yè | midnight |
| 半夜 | bàn yè | midnight; in the middle of the night |
| 夜里 (夜裡) | yè li | during the night; at night |
See also: Japanese symbol for “night”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.