夜 (yè): meaning and stroke order
夜 (yè) means night, variant of 夜.
夜
- Simplified
- 夜
- Traditional
- 夜, 亱
- Pinyin
- yè
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Stroke order of 夜
夜
- yè variant of 夜[ye4]
- yè night
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 亱
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Meaning of 夜
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yè
- night
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yè
Traditional 亱
- variant of 夜[ye4]
Radical and structure
- 夜
- Radical 夕 (Kangxi radical 36) · 8 strokes
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Words with 夜
- 半夜 bàn yè midnight; in the middle of the night
- 夜里 yè li during the night; at night
- 连夜 lián yè that very night; through the night
- 过夜 guò yè to spend the night; overnight
- 夜景 yè jǐng nightscape
- 夜叉 yè chā yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
- 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night
- 年夜饭 nián yè fàn reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
- 一夜之间 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight
夜 in our stories
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休息了一夜以后，它用最大的力气又跳了一次。
xiūxi le yí yè yǐhòu tā yòng zuì dà de lìqi yòu tiào le yí cì
After resting for a night, it jumped once more with all its strength.
From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3
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她走遍天下，找来五种颜色的石头，用大火炼了九天九夜，炼成了能补天的五色石。
tā zǒubiàn tiānxià zhǎolái wǔ zhǒng yánsè de shítou yòng dà huǒ liàn le jiǔ tiān jiǔ yè liàn chéng le néng bǔ tiān de wǔsèshí
She travelled the whole world, gathered stones of five colours and smelted them in a great fire for nine days and nine nights, until they became five-coloured stones that could mend the sky.
From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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大火烧了三天三夜，却始终没有人走出来。火灭后，人们在一棵烧焦的柳树下，发现了母子两人的遗体。
dàhuǒ shāo le sān tiān sān yè què shǐzhōng méiyǒu rén zǒu chūlai huǒ miè hòu rénmen zài yì kē shāojiāo de liǔshù xià fāxiàn le mǔzǐ liǎng rén de yítǐ
The fire burned for three days and three nights, yet nobody ever came out. When it died down, they found mother and son dead beneath a scorched willow.
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 夜
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).