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CHINESE CHARACTER

yè

夜

夜

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night

Numbered pinyin
ye4
English meanings
night

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 亠; bottom (Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 夕.).

  • Top

    亠
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  • Bottom

    ⿰
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱亠⿰亻夕

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yè夜hěn很shēn深le了。

    The night is deep.

  2. 02

    yèwǎn夜晚hěn很ānjìng安静。

    The night is quiet.

  3. 03

    kàn看yèli夜里de的xīngxing星星。

    Look at the night stars.

  4. 04

    gōngzuò工作dào到shēnyè深夜。

    Worked late into the night.

  5. 05

    yèli夜里de的chéngshì城市hěn很měi美。

    The city is beautiful at night.

  6. 06

    yī一yè夜méi没shuì睡。

    Didn't sleep all night.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 半夜
  • 夜以继日
  • 夜市
  • 夜总会
  • 夜晚
  • 夜校
  • 夜班
  • 夜里
  • 夜间
  • 年夜饭
  • 开夜车
  • 彻夜
  • 日夜
  • 昼夜
  • 深夜
  • 熬夜
  • 连夜
  • 黑夜