液 = 氵 + 夜

液 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “sap”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 夜 (night).

Keyword: sap
Pinyin (Mandarin): yè
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: sap, juice, liquid, fluid, жидкость, сок, juice, liquid, fluid
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 液 fluid

Decomposition

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氵 water
夜 night

How to find 液 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “night”. 液 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 液 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.