Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Matthews
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夜 yè night
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#797
Chapter-40 HSK-A
8 strokes
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 夜 |
Yeh is composed of 夕 hsi evening as radical, with 亦 i also as phonetic. It originally meant to relax, and the time when all the world relaxes is night, the νυχτοζ αμολγω of Homer. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
夜
亱
yè
variant of 夜[ye4]
夜
yè
night
Phrases ending with the given character
上shàng
半bàn
夜yè
first half of the night/time before midnight
前qián
半bàn
夜yè
first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
大dà
半bàn
夜yè
the middle of the night
平píng
安ān
夜yè
Silent Night (Christmas carol)/Christmas Eve