夜

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: よ・よる

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: ゆうべ(夕)

Meaning

Night / Evening

  • 日夜にちや — day and night
  • 徹夜てつや — staying up all night
  • 夜半やはん — midnight
  • 今夜こんや — tonight
  • 夜中よなか — midnight / middle of the night
  • 夜行やこう — traveling at night
  • 深夜しんや — late night
  • 夜明よあけ — dawn / daybreak

The top of the character shows a roof or building, while the bottom part is "evening." Together, they represent night — when people gather indoors to rest.

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