Question

夜 よ、よる 夜(よる): evening; night夜間(やかん): at night; nighttime徹夜(てつや): all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night夜中(よなか): midnight; dead of night夜明け(よあけ): dawn; daybreak今夜(こんや): this evening; tonight深夜(しんや): late at night日夜(にちや): day and night; always夜更かし(よふかし): staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk夜具(やぐ): bedding; bedclothes夜更け(よふけ): late at night夜行(やこう): walking around at night; night train; night travel夜中(やちゅう): during the night; at night 2 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8)人: person夕: evening 夕 3 (none) night Here we have Mister T sleepwalking, wearing a top hat as if he was the ambassador of the night, walking, and walking and walking on his tired walking legs, until he drops (back into his bed).

Accepted Answer

ヤ night, evening 4 487 8 36 ゆう・ゆうべ・た 会意 Compound Ideographic Actually, the lower-right primitive isn´t quite "walking legs." It´s a little more like "evening" with an extra stroke across it (look up the stroke order). So, it helps me to see this kanji for night as: evening plus an extra stroke representing the tuxedo tails to match the top hat which my special person is wearing out on the town...

Kanji	夜
Onyomi	ヤ
Kunyomi	よ、よる
English	night, evening
Examples	夜(よる): evening; night 夜間(やかん): at night; nighttime 徹夜(てつや): all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night 夜中(よなか): midnight; dead of night 夜明け(よあけ): dawn; daybreak 今夜(こんや): this evening; tonight 深夜(しんや): late at night 日夜(にちや): day and night; always 夜更かし(よふかし): staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk 夜具(やぐ): bedding; bedclothes 夜更け(よふけ): late at night 夜行(やこう): walking around at night; night train; night travel 夜中(やちゅう): during the night; at night
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	487
Components	亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 人: person 夕: evening
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	夕
Radical Number	36
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	ゆう・ゆうべ・た
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	night
Koohii Story 1	Actually, the lower-right primitive isn´t quite "walking legs." It´s a little more like "evening" with an extra stroke across it (look up the stroke order). So, it helps me to see this kanji for night as: evening plus an extra stroke representing the tuxedo tails to match the top hat which my special person is wearing out on the town...
Koohii Story 2	Here we have Mister T sleepwalking, wearing a top hat as if he was the ambassador of the night, walking, and walking and walking on his tired walking legs, until he drops (back into his bed).

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