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夜 = 亠 + 亻 + 夂 + 丶
夜 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “night”. It is built from 亠 (lid), 亻 (person), 夂 (walking legs) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1115. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.
- Keyword
- night
- RTK frame
- 1115
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヤ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- よ, よる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ночь
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 夜 night
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 夜
How to find 夜 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lid” + “person” + “walking legs”. 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.