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夜
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

night

HSK 2 N3
Abstract →Time
yè
ヤ
よ、よる
야
Phonosemantic compound. 夕 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.
Components
夕 dusk+ 亦 likewise =
夜 night
夕 Meaning component
xī dusk
evening, night, dusk
Pictograph of the moon.
亦 Phonetic component
yì likewise
also, too
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
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Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
夜
Regular
Modern
Chinese
夜 [yè]
night
Japanese
夜 よる 、 よ 同音

noun

  1. night; evening
  2. dinner
夜 や 同音
counter counter for nights (after numbers in the ichi, ni, san counting system)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
あなたは夜よく寝れませんか。
Don't you sleep well at night?
Japanese Names
夜 ないと
Naito female given name
夜 よる
Yoru female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
夜晚 [yè​wǎn] #2,063
night
半夜 [bàn​yè] #3,870
midnight
午夜 [wǔ​yè] #3,048
midnight
夜间 [yè​jiān] #8,281
nighttime
夜间 [yè​jiān] #8,281
nighttime
过夜 [guò​yè] #3,878
to spend the night
过夜 [guò​yè] #3,878
to spend the night
深夜 [shēn​yè] #7,096
very late at night
夜里 [yè​li] #5,571
during the night
夜里 [yè​li] #5,571
during the night
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 今夜 [こんや] #1,638
this evening
⭐ 夜中 [よなか] #2,907
middle of the night
⭐ 昨夜 [ゆうべ] #3,223
last night
⭐ 深夜 [しんや] #4,005
late at night
⭐ 夜空 [よぞら] #4,251
night sky
⭐ 一夜 [いちや] #6,062
one night
⭐ 夜明け [よあけ] #6,583
dawn
⭐ 徹夜 [てつや] #6,743
staying up all night
夜が明ける [よがあける] #7,841
dawn breaks
夜遅く [よるおそく] #7,872
late at night
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KOREAN WORDS (16)
야간 #9,117
night
심야 #32,068
dead of the night; late night
철야 #38,228
staying up all night
백야
white night
불야성
being nightless; being all-night
야경
night view; nightscape
야광
glow in the dark; luminescence
야근
working overtime; night duty
야맹증
night blindness
야식
late-night meal; midnight snack
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