Read Edit View history 夜 yè HSK2 night Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 夕 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Pictograph of the moon. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 夜 Simp strokes 夜 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 夜 Simp strokes 夜 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 夜 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 458, 851 ], [ 539, 800 ], [ 569, 756 ] ], [ [ 202, 625 ], [ 252, 618 ], [ 414, 655 ], [ 718, 703 ], [ 750, 703 ], [ 813, 687 ] ], [ [ 342, 589 ], [ 360, 565 ], [ 366, 542 ], [ 321, 471 ], [ 200, 330 ], [ 117, 254 ], [ 88, 237 ] ], [ [ 300, 402 ], [ 302, 381 ], [ 318, 344 ], [ 301, 46 ], [ 306, 6 ] ], [ [ 565, 605 ], [ 592, 572 ], [ 571, 514 ], [ 556, 482 ], [ 514, 422 ], [ 475, 381 ], [ 464, 381 ] ], [ [ 584, 479 ], [ 607, 493 ], [ 691, 514 ], [ 723, 511 ], [ 744, 500 ], [ 725, 426 ], [ 694, 346 ], [ 652, 268 ], [ 623, 230 ], [ 589, 198 ], [ 524, 156 ], [ 433, 121 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592,361 605,350C612,345 620,344 628,345C632,346 636,350 638,356C639,364 637,376 629,388C615,407 574,416 534,420C528,421 517,411 522,408Z", "M610,185C658,137 705,92 749,51C763,39 779,33 799,35C871,43 921,51 949,57C961,60 970,64 974,69C976,75 973,79 965,80C858,101 787,122 751,142C721,160 685,185 645,217C618,238 618,238 605,249C568,282 497,348 475,368C470,373 463,376 456,377C441,382 419,374 416,366C413,362 416,358 423,355C450,344 475,327 495,303C521,275 548,247 575,219C598,196 598,196 610,185Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.