夜 (yè)

night

How 夜 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
亠 — lid
Traditional
夜
Simplified
夜 (unchanged)

Components

  • 亠 lid
  • 亻 human
  • 夂 go
  • 丶 dot

Common words using 夜

夜間 yèjiān
nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
今夜 jīnyè
tonight; this evening
午夜 wǔyè
midnight
半夜 bànyè
midnight; in the middle of the night
夜夜 yèyè
every night
夜宵 yèxiāo
midnight snack
夜店 yèdiàn
night club
夜晚 yèwǎn
night; CL:個|个[ge4]
夜景 yèjǐng
nightscape
夜班 yèbān
night shift
夜空 yèkōng
night sky
夜裡 yèli
during the night; at night; nighttime

夜 in a sentence

我們今晚要去逛夜市。

Wǒmen jīnwǎn yào qù guàng yèshì.

“We are going to the night market tonight.”

How common is 夜?

夜 is the 664th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.8% of all running text.

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