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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: night, evening

Kunyomi: よ, よる

Onyomi: ヤ

Composition: 亠 亻 夕

夜

Radical

Radical: 夕

Reading: ゆうべ

Meaning: evening, sunset

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

今夜(こんや)   tonight

深夜(しんや)   midnight

夜間(やかん)   nighttime

徹夜する(てつやする)   stay up all night

夜更かしする(よふかしする)   stay up late

夜中(よなか)   late at night

夜明け(よあけ)   dawn

夜空(よぞら)   night sky

月夜(つきよ)   moonlit night

夜(よる)   night

Onyomi Examples

夜 (ヤ) counter for nights

夜間 (ヤカン) night, nighttime

同夜 (ドウヤ) the same night, that night

通夜 (ツヤ) all-night vigil over a body, wake

Kunyomi Examples

夜 (よる) night, evening, dinner

夜明け (よあけ) dawn, daybreak

毎夜 (まいよ) every evening, every night

短夜 (みじかよ) short summer night

夜 (よる) night, evening, dinner

夜ご飯 (よるごはん) dinner, evening meal

御寝 (およる) sleep, rest

銀河鉄道の夜 (ぎんがてつどうのよる) Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad

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