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夜

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 380 / 2,608

Night

On’yomi
や
Kun’yomi
よ、よる
Radical
夕 Evening (Kangxi 36)

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

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

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,nightN5
昨夜 ゆうべ last nightN5
今夜 こんや tonightN4

夜 is rank 380 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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