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Kanji 夜: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 夜: night, evening

Key takeaways

Kanji 夜: night, evening. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

nightevening

On reading

Kun reading

よる

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 夜

night, evening

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

亠 + 亻 + 夕

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine a person (亻) under a roof (亠) spending time in the evening (夕). It represents the time when the sun has set and evening deepens into night.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

  • 日夜にちや

    day and night / constantly / always

  • 夜行やぎょう

    night travel / night walk / night train

  • 夜具やぐ

    bedding / bedclothes

  • 夜中やちゅう

    midnight / late at night

  • 深夜しんや

    late at night / midnight hours

  • 夜間やかん

    nighttime / at night

  • 夜行やこう

    night travel / night train / traveling at night

  • 徹夜てつや

    all night / sleepless night

Kun reading

  • 夜更かしよふかし

    staying up late / sitting up late

  • 夜更けよふけ

    late at night

  • evening / night

  • 夜明けよあけ

    dawn / daybreak

  • 夜中よなか

    middle of the night / midnight

  • よる

    night / evening

Commonly used words

  • 日夜
    にちや

    day and night / constantly / always

  • 夜行
    やぎょう

    night travel / night walk / night train

  • 夜具
    やぐ

    bedding / bedclothes

  • 夜中
    やちゅう

    midnight / late at night

  • 深夜
    しんや

    late at night / midnight hours

  • 夜間
    やかん

    nighttime / at night

  • 夜更かし
    よふかし

    staying up late / sitting up late

  • 夜更け
    よふけ

    late at night

  • evening / night

  • 夜明け
    よあけ

    dawn / daybreak

  • 夜中
    よなか

    middle of the night / midnight

  • よる

    night / evening

Example sentences

Example 1

彼は日勉強しています。

Translation

He studies day and night.

Example 2

働いて疲れました。

Translation

I am tired from working day and night.

Example 3

行バスで大阪に行きました。

Translation

I went to Osaka by night bus.

Example 4

行散歩が好きです。

Translation

I like taking walks at night.

Kanji 夜: night, evening | Daily Nihongo