夕 – evening

3 strokesTaught in grade 1#924 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 夕 means evening. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セキ (seki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆう (yuu). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 夕 (no. 36).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セキ	seki
Kun’yomi	ゆう	yuu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 夕 (Kangxi radical 36).

Words using 夕

夕方ゆうがたearly evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm)夕飯ゆうはんevening meal夕刊ゆうかんevening edition (of a daily newspaper)夕立ゆうだち(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening)夕日ゆうひevening sun夕暮れゆうぐれevening夕焼けゆうやけevening glow

Example sentences

ひょっとすると夕方前に雨になるかもしれない。

It might rain before evening.

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私は昨日夕飯を作った。

I cooked supper last night.

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選挙の結果は夕刊に載るでしょう。

The results of the election will appear in the evening paper.

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Kanji with the same radical

外多夜夢

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