The Chinese Radical: 夜


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Meaning
night    夜

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
night

At top a cover/roof 亠 (of a building), below a person 亻/人 and a variant of moon 月
On the roof is a person watching the moon during the night.  
HSK 6
liquid, fluid

Left: water 氵, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
Water in the night remains liquid.  
no HSK
armpit, axil (botany, angle between stem and branch)

Left: body part 月/肉, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
The body part where it is 'night' is the armpit.  
no HSK
to tuck (into a pocket), to hide, to conceal

Left: hand 扌, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
If the hand is in the 'night' it was tucked (into a pocket).  

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