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夜

夜 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “night”. It is built from 亠 (head), 亻 (person), 夂 (go) and 丶 (dot). It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword
night
Pinyin (Mandarin)
yè
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
night, dark, ночь, темнота, dark
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
夜 night

Decomposition

ids

  1. 亠 head
  2. 亻 person
  3. radical number 9
  4. 夂 go
  5. 丶 dot

Characters that contain 夜

How to find 夜 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “head” + “person” + “go”. 夜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 夜 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.