夜
evening, night

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ヤ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

よよる

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:2
Strokes:8
JLPT:4
Frequency:487

Vocabulary

ヤ

WordReadingMeaning
月夜ゲツヤmoonlit night
今夜コンヤthis evening; tonight
深夜シンヤlate at night
前夜ゼンヤlast night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
昼夜チュウヤday and night

Other

WordReadingMeaning
月夜つきよmoonlit night
月夜つくよmoonlit night
真夜中まよなかdead of night; midnight
夜よるnight; evening; dinner
夜よnight; evening; dinner

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

液
fluid, juice, liquid, sap, secretion
Grade 5JLPT 2
交
association, coming & going, mingle, mixing
Grade 2JLPT 3
衣
clothes, dressing, garment
Grade 4JLPT 2
床
bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
Grade 8JLPT 2
郊
outskirts, rural area, suburbs
Grade 8JLPT 2
度
attitude, consider, counter for occurrences, degrees, occurrence, time
Grade 3JLPT 4
変
change, strange, unusual
Grade 4JLPT 3
疫
epidemic
Grade 8JLPT 1
麻
flax, hemp, numb
Grade 8JLPT 1
末
close, end, posterity, powder, tip
Grade 4JLPT 3