Memory phrase for the character: 夜

夜

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Meaning

night

Pronunciation

YA
yo, yoru

Explanation

 Top: cover 亠 (here: cap or beret), below: person 人 and a variation of moon 月 or evening 夕

Mnemonic
 
With a cap a person is observing the moon: in the night.

Radicals

亠 coverOther covers are: 冖
人 personThe radical hito also has this writing 亻 and many variants, such as the sitting person 匕, the lying person , the tall person 大 with outstretched arms, or the husband 夫 as the tall 大 person with extra 一 caring arms, etc.
夕 eveningSimplified version of moon: 月, which has not yet fully risen in the evening.




 Vocabulary

昨夜 ゆうべ  last night
夜 よる  evening, night
昼夜 ちゅうや  day and night
夜具 やぐ  bedding
夜中 よなか  midnight, dead of night
夜 よ  night
夜明け よあけ  dawn, daybreak
夜間 やかん  at night, nighttime
今夜 こんや  tonight

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