Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N4

924 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: evening

Kunyomi: ゆう

Onyomi: セキ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ゆうべ

Meaning: evening, sunset

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

一朝一(いっちょういっせき)   in a brief space of time

方(ゆうがた)   evening

食(ゆうしょく)   dinner

日(ゆうひ)   the evening sun

刊(ゆうかん)   evening paper

暮れ(ゆうぐれ)   twilight

Onyomi Examples

シャク shaku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml, shaku, traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square

ユウヒ evening sun, setting sun

シュウセキ autumn evening

イッセキ one evening, some evenings

Kunyomi Examples

ゆう evening

ゆうかん evening paper

さくゆう yesterday evening, last night

春の はるのゆう spring evening