night, dark; under cover of night

Radical: 夕 HSK 2 tg, qt ideographic

Components & Etymology

夜 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 夜

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 夜.

上夜
shàng yè
to be on night duty
今夜
jīn yè
tonight
侵夜
qīn yè
值夜
zhí yè
on night duty
元夜
yuán yè
Lantern Festival
入夜
rù yè
nightfall
初夜
chū yè
刷夜
shuā yè
前夜
qián yè
the eve
包夜
bāo yè
午夜
wǔ yè
midnight
半夜
bàn yè
midnight

Related characters (radical 夕)

Characters that share the radical .

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