| 144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 232 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 212 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 298 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 766 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 471 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 479 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 93 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 406 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2550 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1301 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1770 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1046 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5763 | Morohashi |
| 2056 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1037 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1115 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 318 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 169 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夜 【ヤ】 counter for nights
- 夜間 【ヤカン】 night, nighttime
- 同夜 【ドウヤ】 the same night, that night
- 通夜 【ツヤ】 all-night vigil over a body, wake
Kun reading compounds
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜明け 【よあけ】 dawn, daybreak
- 毎夜 【まいよ】 every evening, every night
- 短夜 【みじかよ】 short summer night
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜ご飯 【よるごはん】 dinner, evening meal
- 御寝 【およる】 sleep, rest
- 銀河鉄道の夜 【ぎんがてつどうのよる】 Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad
Readings
- Korean:
- ya
Spanish
- noche
- tarde
Portuguese
- noite
- à noite
French
- nuit
- soirée
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 591c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1698 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乾燥洗濯 【カンソウセンタク】 dry cleaning
- 鬼のいぬまに洗濯 【オニノイヌマニセンタク】 playing while the cat is away, taking a break while the boss is out, doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone, relaxing while the demon is out
Kun reading compounds
- 濯ぐ 【すすぐ】 to rinse, to wash out, to have one's revenge, to wipe out a disgrace
- 濯ぐ 【すすぐ】 to rinse, to wash out, to have one's revenge, to wipe out a disgrace
Readings
- Korean:
- tag
Spanish
- lavar
- enjuagar
- aclarar
Portuguese
- lavanderia
- lavar
- verter em
- enxáguar
French
- lessive
- laver
- rincer
- verser
| 1556 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1699 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2718 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 710 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2609 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1561 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1664 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 301 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1257 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 978 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 543 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 711 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 584 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18532X | Morohashi |
| 793 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3360 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 577 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 619 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1871 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 375 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a14.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-14 | SKIP code |
| 3711.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6fef | Unicode hex code |