JLPT N4 · 8 strokes
Kanji 夜: "night, evening"
The kanji 夜 means "night, evening". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ヤ in on'yomi and よ, よる in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヤ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よよる
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | night, evening |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 487 of 2,501 |
Common words with 夜
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 夜night; evening · dinner
- 今夜this evening; tonight
- 夜中middle of the night; dead of night
- 昨夜last night; yesterday evening
- 深夜late at night
- 夜空night sky
- 一夜one night; all night; overnight; one evening
- 夜明けdawn; daybreak
- 徹夜staying up all night
- 夜が明けるdawn breaks; day dawns
- 夜遅くlate at night; at a late hour
- 真夜中dead of night; midnight
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