夜(yè)

HSK 28 strokes

variant of 夜[ye4]

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Character information

Pinyin
yè
Meaning
variant of 夜[ye4]
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 夜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱亠⿰亻夕

A person 亻 sneaking by under cover 亠 of night 夕

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亠tóu亻rén夕xī

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 夜 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 夜

Common words using 夜 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bàn半yè夜
HSK 2

midnight

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yè夜yǐ以jì继rì日
HSK 7-9

night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort

Open 夜以继日 page →
shàng上yè夜

to be on night duty

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jīn今yè夜

tonight; this evening

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qīn侵yè夜

(literary) nightfall; night

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sān三gēng更bàn半yè夜

(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night

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xià下bàn半yè夜

second half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)

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bǐ俾yè夜zuò作zhòu昼

lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil

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万且业为主举久乐

From 夜’s common words

半以继日上今侵三

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