夜 — kanji meaning “night”
夜
night, evening
- Meanings
- night, evening
- On'yomi
- ヤ (ya)
- Kun'yomi
- よ、よる
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #487 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 36
- Chinese reading
- yè — Chinese character page
Words with 夜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今夜 | こんや kon'ya | this evening; tonight |
| 夜間 | やかん yakan | night; nighttime |
| 深夜 | しんや shin'ya | late at night |
| 夜中 | よなか yonaka | middle of the night; dead of night |
| 徹夜 | てつや tetsuya | staying up all night |
| 夜明け | よあけ yoake | dawn; daybreak |
| 昨夜 | さくや sakuya | last night; yesterday evening |
| 前夜 | ぜんや zen'ya | last night; the previous night |
| 真夜中 | まよなか mayonaka | dead of night; midnight |
| 昼夜 | ちゅうや chuuya | day and night |
| 夜空 | よぞら yozora | night sky |
| 夜行 | やこう yakou | night travel; walking around at night |
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