| 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 grade 2
JLPT level N4
1115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 昼食 【チュウショク】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 昼間 【ヒルマ】 daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
- 炎昼 【エンチュウ】 hot summer early afternoon
- 春昼 【シュンチュウ】 spring day (which seems long and quiet)
Kun reading compounds
- 昼 【ひる】 noon, midday, daytime, lunch
- 昼食 【ちゅうしょく】 lunch, midday meal, food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
- 小昼 【こひる】 just before noon, late-morning snack
- 夜昼 【よるひる】 day and night
Readings
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- día
- mediodía
Portuguese
- dia
- meio-dia
French
- journée
- midi
| 279 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 188 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 172 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 863 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 53 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 828 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 189 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 983 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 470 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 478 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 92 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 974 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3841 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1972 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2668 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1084 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13886 | Morohashi |
| 3097 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1075 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 184 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-1 | SKIP code |
| 7710.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 663c | Unicode hex code |