# 夜 — Night

Frequency rank 380 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 院 (Institution), less common than 改 (Renew).

- On’yomi: や
- Kun’yomi: よ、よる
- Radical: 夕 Evening (Kangxi 36)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The character 夜 (night) has a distinctive angular shape — a roof-like structure covering a figure huddled beneath darkness, sheltering through the long night.

In words:

- 夜 よる — evening,night
- 昨夜 ゆうべ — last night
- 今夜 こんや — tonight

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