Memory phrase for the character: 夜

夜

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Meaning

night

Pronunciation

yè

Explanation

 At top a cover/roof 亠 (of a building), below a person 亻/人 and a variant of moon 月

Mnemonic
 
On the roof is a person watching the moon during the night.

Radicals

夜 night
亠 lid
夕 eveningThis radical is similar to moon: 月, but at the evening the moon is not complete and thus only one inner line.




 Vocabulary

夜里 yè lǐ  during the night; at night; nighttime
日夜 rì yè  day and night; around the clock
夜间 yè jiān  nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
昼夜 zhòu yè  day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
昼夜 zhòu yè  

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