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夜

Night

WaniKani level 6JLPT N4Joyo grade 2Top 500 ¡ #4878 strokes

Meanings

Night, Evening

On'yomi

や

Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.

Kun'yomi

よ、 よる

Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.

Stroke order

Stroke order diagram for 夜

夜 is written in 8 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

About this kanji

夜 (Night) is taught on WaniKani at level 6 and appears in the JLPT N4 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 2 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #487 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 8 strokes.

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