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夕

夕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ゆう。ゆうべ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。「月」と同様、三日月を象る。「つき」を意味する漢語｛月｝、および「くれ」「よる」を意味する漢語｛夕｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

evening

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セキJHS
Kun (native)
  • ゆうElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • ゆ
Other languages
  • 拼音xi1
  • 拼音xi4
  • 한글seog
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtTịch

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
大(だい)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+5915

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴𠂊丶

Words using this kanji

  • 夕ゆう（ゆう）日暮れから夜半にかけて。ゆうべ。evening
  • 夕食ゆうしょく夕方から晩に食べる食事。evening meal, dinner
  • 夕方ゆうがたゆうがた、ゆうかた 参照early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm), dusk
  • 夕刊ゆうかん新聞などで夕方に発行、販売（配達）されるもの。evening edition (of a daily newspaper), evening paper
  • 夕暮れゆうぐれゆうぐれ 参照evening, dusk, twilight
  • 夕刻ゆうこく夕方。夕景。evening, evening hour
  • 夕日ゆうひ夕方に沈もうとする太陽。evening sun, setting sun
  • 夕焼けゆうやけ「ゆうやけ」を参照。evening glow, red sunset, afterglow (of sunset)
  • 夕立ゆうだち「ゆうだち」の漢字表記。(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening), evening shower
  • 夕飯ゆうはん夕方にする食事。夕食。evening meal, dinner, supper
  • 夕霧ゆうぎり夕方に立つ霧。evening mist
  • 夕闇ゆうやみdusk, twilight
  • 夕顔ゆうがおゆうがおの漢字表記。bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida), calabash, moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
  • 夕風ゆうかぜevening breeze
  • 夕月ゆうづきevening moon
  • 夕凪ゆうなぎevening calm
  • 夕菅ユウスゲcitron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina), long yellow daylily
  • 夕餉ゆうげevening meal, supper, dinner
  • 夕靄ゆうもやevening haze or mist
  • 夕空ゆうぞらevening sky, twilight sky

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-3-1
Four Corner
2720.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a3.14
Heisig
114
Nelson
1167