夜 yè night

Made up of [夕 xī sunset; evening radical 36, 亻 rén Person (radical) radical 9, 亠 tóu head; lid radical 8]
Made with 8 strokes.
Originally a depiction of a man sleeping on his side hence idea of 'night'; now shows a man under a roof lying on his side in the 'evening'

Related characters


Also uses 夕 xī component: 多 duō (many) 多 duō (many) ; 将 jiāng (will) ; 罗 luó (gauze) ; 名 míng (name) ; 岁 suì (year) ; 外 wài (outside)
Also uses 亻 rén component: 俩 bǐng (both) 倡 chàng (to initiate) ; 代 dài (replace) ; 但 dàn (but) ; 倒 dào (fall) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; 份 fèn (portion) ; 供 gōng (to provide) ; 估 gū (estimate) ; 何 hé (what) ; 候 hòu (wait) ; 侯 hóu (nobleman) ; 化 huà (to make into) ; 华 huá (splendid) ; 花 huā (flower) ; 健 jiàn (healthy) ; 两 liǎng (pair) ; 们 mén (s) ; 你 nǐ (you) ; 仁 rén (humane) ; 什 shén (what) ; 他 tā (he) ; 位 wèi (position) ; 仙 xiān (immortal) ; 信 xìn (letter) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 攸 yōu (distant) ; 值 zhí (value) ; 住 zhù (to live) ; 传 zhuàn (biography) ; 作 zuò (to do) ; 做 zuò (to make)
Also uses 亠 tóu component: 亨 hēng (prosperous) 京 jīng (capital) ; 六 liù (six) ; 亩 mǔ (area) ; 商 shāng (commerce) ; 市 shì (market) ; 亡 wáng (to die) ; 亦 yì (also)

Sounds same

页 yè (page) ; 业 yè (line of business)

Different tone

爷 yé (grandpa) ; 也 yě (also)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

日以继夜 rì yǐ jì yè Working without a break. Exhausted
屋漏偏逢连夜雨 wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ Misfortunes tend to come all at once
夜长梦多 yè cháng mèng duō When in hard times it is foolish to merely dream of better things
一夜十往 yī yè shí wǎng Showing great care and concern. The story comes from the Han dynasty when an official checked the state of a sick relative ten times during the night.
夜郎自大 yè láng zì dà Pompous and conceited. The story is of the king of Ye Lang a tiny country in south-western China who in Han dynasty times considered himself the equal of the Emperor of China.