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夜

Kanji 夜: meaning "night", readings, stroke order

The kanji 夜 means "night". On'yomi: ヤ; kun'yomi: よ、よる. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
night
On'yomi
ヤ
Kun'yomi
よよる
Strokes
8
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 夜

  • 夜 よる — Evening / night
  • 昨夜 ゆうべ — last night
  • 今夜 こんや — this evening, tonight
  • 夜明け よあけ — dawn, daybreak
  • 夜中 よなか — midnight, dead of night
  • 徹夜 てつや — staying up all night, sleepless night
  • ~夜 ~や — counter for nights
  • 深夜 しんや — late at night
  • 夜間 やかん — at night, nighttime
  • 夜行 やこう — night train, night travel
  • 日夜 にちや — day and night, always
  • 夜具 やぐ — bedding

Stroke order · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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