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夜

yè

night

Phonosemantic compound. 夕 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.

Components
夕 meaning component

夕  Meaning component

xī

  

evening

Pictograph of the moon.

亦 sound component

亦  Sound component

yì

  

also

Evolution

夜 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
夜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夜 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
夜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

夜  

yè

night, dark; in night; by night; night

夜 (亱) 

yè

variant of 夜[yè]

Most common words with 夜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

夜

variant of 夜[yè]

夜晚

night

半夜

midnight

午夜

midnight

夜间

nighttime

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

腋 液 掖

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]Ak-s

yaeH

yè

night


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 59.3144% of movies

664th most common character in movies

665th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+591C

Shuowen

“夜，舍也。天下休舍也。从夕，亦省聲。”


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