夜 yè night
night; dark
How to remember 夜: 亠 lid + 亻 person + 夂 downward foot + 丶 dot = night. The raccoon knocks the lid off the bin, a person stamps a foot downward on the step, and it runs off, just a dot in the night.
Component breakdown
夜 = 亠 lid + 亻 person + 夂 downward foot + 丶 dot
- 亠 lid
- 亻 person
- 夂 downward foot
- 丶 dot
The raccoon knocks the lid off the bin, a person stamps a foot downward on the step, and it runs off, just a dot in the night.
How it came to be
A standing person with marks under the arms, the 'as well' block, with the moon tucked in at the side. The moon sits where the armpit was: night carried with you, not above you.
How it is used
- 'Night', more written than 晚 (wǎn). 夜晚 (yèwǎn) nighttime, 半夜 (bànyè) midnight, 深夜 (shēnyè) the dead of night.
- 熬夜 (áoyè) = to stay up late / pull an all-nighter: 别老熬夜 (bié lǎo áoyè) stop staying up so late.
- 夜市 (yèshì) = night market; 年夜饭 (niányèfàn) = the New Year's Eve reunion dinner.
Characters built with 夜
Words with 夜
- 夜晚yèwǎnnightHSK 4
- 半夜bànyèmidnightHSK 5
- 夜市yèshìnight marketHSK 5
- 夜间yèjiānnighttimeHSK 5
- 年夜饭niányèfànreunion dinner on Lunar New Year's EveHSK 5
- 熬夜áoyèto stay up late or all nightHSK 5
- 日夜rìyèday and nightHSK 6
- 深夜shēnyèvery late at nightHSK 6
- 夜以继日yèyǐjìrìnight and day (idiom)HSK 8
- 夜宵yèxiāomidnight snackHSK 8
- 夜校yèxiàoevening schoolHSK 8
- 夜班yèbānnight shiftHSK 8
- 彻夜chèyèthe whole nightHSK 8
- 昼夜zhòuyèday and nightHSK 8
- 连夜liányèthat very nightHSK 9
Example sentences
- 他往往工作到半夜。 Tā wǎngwǎng gōngzuò dào bànyè.He often works until midnight.