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夜

8 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset 夕
Parts:
亠 化 夕
night, evening
Kun:
よ、 よる
On:
ヤ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye4
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • noche
  • tarde

Portuguese

  • noite
  • à noite

French

  • nuit
  • soirée
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)
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

涼

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
亠 口 小 汁
Variants:
凉
refreshing, nice and cool
Kun:
すず.しい、 すず.む、 すず.やか、 うす.い、 ひや.す、 まことに
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1783 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 涼 【リョウ】 cool breeze, cool air, refreshing coolness
  • 涼風 【リョウフウ】 cool breeze, refreshing breeze
  • 清涼 【セイリョウ】 cool, refreshing
  • 納涼 【ノウリョウ】 escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 涼しい 【すずしい】 cool, refreshing, clear (e.g. eyes), bright, clear, distinct, composed (facial expression), unruffled, unconcerned, pure, upright, innocent
  • 涼しい顔 【すずしいかお】 nonchalant air, unruffled air
  • 涼む 【すずむ】 to cool oneself, to cool off, to enjoy the cool air
  • 涼やか 【すずやか】 refreshing, clear

Readings

Japanese names:
りょ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang2, liang4
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • refrescante
  • fresco
  • agradable
  • refrescarse

Portuguese

  • fresco e agradável
  • refrescante

French

  • rafraîchissant
  • frais
1906 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1490 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2598 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1268 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
689 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1330 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1204 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1267 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
340 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1216 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
633 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
382 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
477 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
319 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17606 Morohashi
521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3198 New Nelson (John Haig)
313 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
335 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1460 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341 2001 Kanji
3a8.31 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3019.6 Four corner code
1-46-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6dbc Unicode hex code