夜 – night, evening

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The kanji 夜 means night, evening. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヤ (ya); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ、よる (yo, yoru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 夕 (no. 36).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヤ	ya
Kun’yomi	よ	yo
Kun’yomi	よる	yoru

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). Components: 化・夕・亠.

Words using 夜

夜よるnight昨夜ゆうべlast night今夜こんやthis evening夜よnight夜中よなかmiddle of the night徹夜てつやstaying up all night夜明けよあけdawn深夜しんやlate at night夜間やかんnight夜行やこうnight travel夜やcounter for nights日夜にちやday and night夜具やぐbedding夜更しよふかしstaying up late夜更けよふけlate at night

Example sentences

あなたは夜よく寝れませんか。

Don't you sleep well at night?

Tatoeba #231522

昨夜はよく眠れましたか。

Did you have a good sleep last night?

Tatoeba #169654

今夜、パーティーを開きます。

We're giving a party tonight.

Tatoeba #171184

Kanji with the same radical

外多夕夢

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