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See also: 亱

夜	U+591C, 夜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-591C

← 夛
[U+591B]

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[U+591D]

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Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

夜Category:Translingual lemmas#夕05夜 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#夕05夜 Category:Translingual symbols#夕05夜 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#夕05夜 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#夕05夜 Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+5, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 卜人弓大 (YONK), four-corner 0024₇, composition ⿱亠⿰亻⿴夂丶)Category:Han script characters#夕05夜

Derived characters

㖡, 液, 鵺, 腋, 掖, 𨿤

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 246, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5763

Dae Jaweon: page 490, character 7

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 285, character 1

Unihan data for U+591C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		夜
alternative forms		亱𠙇𠙑𡖍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夜
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
夜	*laːɡs
鵺	*laːɡs
迹	*ʔsleːɡ
跡	*ʔsleːɡ
亦	*laːɡ
弈	*laːɡ
奕	*laːɡ
帟	*laːɡ
腋	*laːɡ
掖	*laːɡ
焲	*laːɡ
液	*laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laːɡs)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#夕05: abbreviated phonetic 亦 (OC *laːɡ)Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#夜 + semantic 夕 (“moon”). 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ) may also serve as another phonetic component.

In the modern form, the phonetic 亦 (yì) is distorted into 亠 + 亻 + ㇏, with the right-falling stroke ㇏ merging into the semantic 夕 (xī).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#夕05 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#夕05 *ja-n (“night”) (STEDT); cognate with Mizo zân (“night”), Burmese ည (nya., “night”).

Schuessler (2007) believes 夜 (OC *laːɡs) and 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ) are distinct as Tibeto-Burman keeps the etyma *ja-n (“night”) and *rV-jak (“day; day (24 hours); night”) strictly separate. However, Baxter and Sagart (2014) suggest that 夜 (yè) and 夕 (xī) have clear etymological connections and thus reconstructs similar finals in both words.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yè (ye⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#夜)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye⁴

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yē

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): е (i͡ə, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): je⁶ / je^6-2

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): joe³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yie⁵ / yie^5-4

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): je⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): ia⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ya

(Hailu, HRS): rha^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): ya⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ie³
Northern Min (KCR): iā
Eastern Min (BUC): iâ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ia⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iā

(Teochew, Peng'im): ia⁷

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yie⁷
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): je⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶ya / ⁵ia / ⁵iae / ⁶ye / ⁵ie / ⁶yi
- (Jinhua): ⁶iaa; ⁶ia; ⁶iei
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): ia⁵ / ie⁵ / ie⁴

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): ia⁵ / ie⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yè
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
  - Yale: yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
  - Palladius: е (je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ye⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ie
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: yē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: е (i͡ə, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iə⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: je⁶ / je^6-2
  - Yale: yeh / yé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ / je^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ / yé^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²²/, /jɛː²²⁻³⁵/

Note: je6-2 - “night shift”.

- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: joe³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /zø³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yie⁵ / yie^5-4
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiɛ³²/, /jiɛ³²⁻²¹/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: je⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ia⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia¹¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯a⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rha^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒa³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ya⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ia⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ie³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɑ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ia⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ia⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā
  - Tâi-lô: iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ia
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ia²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ia³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ia⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia¹¹/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: yie⁷
  - Sinological IPA: /ziɛ⁵⁵/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: je⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /je²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ya
  - MiniDict: ya^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ɦia¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɦiɑ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦiɑ³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦiɑ²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ɦia²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦiɑ¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɦia¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦia¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ɦia¹³/
- (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Fuyang)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ia
  - MiniDict: ia^去
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /iɑ³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /iɑ⁵²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ia³³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /ia³³⁵/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁵iae
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /iɛ³⁵/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ye
  - MiniDict: ye^去
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦie³¹³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ie
  - MiniDict: ie^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɪ⁵²³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yi
  - MiniDict: yi^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦi¹¹³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁶iaa; ⁶ia; ⁶iei
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ia¹⁴/, /iɑ¹⁴/, /iɛ¹⁴/

Note:

6ya/5ia/6iaa/6ia - vernacular;
- 5iae/6ye/5ie/6iei - literary.
Hangzhou:
- 6ya - new-style influenced by surrounding Wu dialects.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ia⁵ / ie⁵ / ie⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠²¹/, /i̯e̞²¹/, /i̯e̞⁴⁵/

Note:

ia5/ie5 - vernacular;
ie4 - literary.

- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: ia⁵ / ie⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ä²¹³/, /i̯e̞²¹³/

Note:

ia5 - vernacular;
ie5 - literary.

Middle Chinese: yaeH

Rime
Character	夜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊謝切
Baxter	yaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jia^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ia^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia^H/
Li Rong	/ia^H/
Wang Li	/jĭa^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯a^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]Ak-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*laːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yè
Middle Chinese	‹ yæ^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]Ak-s/
English	night
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夜
Reading #	1/1
No.	14992
Phonetic component	亦
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	夜
Old Chinese	/*laːɡs/

Definitions

夜Category:Chinese lemmas#夕05 Category:Chinese hanzi#夕05 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#夕05 Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

night
See also: 晚

晝短夜長／昼短夜长 ― zhòu duǎn yè cháng ― short days and long nightsCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations
- 夜來風雨聲，花落知多少？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夜来风雨声，花落知多少？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Meng Haoran, 《春曉》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Yè lái fēngyǔ shēng, huā luò zhī duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
  After one night of wind and showers, how many are the fallen flowers!
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#夕05) late (in the night)
我呢排晚晚都好夜先返屋企。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
ngo⁵ ni¹ paai⁴ maan⁵ maan⁵ dou¹ hou² je⁶ sin¹ faan¹ uk¹ kei². [Jyutping]
Recently, I've been going home quite late in the night.
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples

我夜啲先走都得。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
ngo⁵ je⁶ di¹ sin¹ zau² dou¹ dak¹. [Jyutping]
I can leave later in the evening.
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
Classifier for the number of nights.
三天兩夜／三天两夜 ― sān tiān liǎng yè ― three days and two nightsCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#夕05) night shift; night work

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 晚上 (“late evening; night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夜, 夕, 暮, 暮夜, 宵, 暝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		晚上, 夜間, 晚間, 夜晚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	晚上, 黑間, 黑家, 黑下, 晚半晌兒, 後晌
	Taiwan	晚上
	Langfang	黑嘍
	Harbin	晚上, 下黑兒, 下晚兒黑, 黑家, 黑下, 夜裡
	Singapore	晚上
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	下晚兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	晚上, 晚半晌兒, 晚晌兒, 後晌兒, 黑後晌兒, 黑晌兒, 黑下
	Tangshan	晚上, 黑家
	Cangzhou	晚上, 黑下
	Baoding	晚上, 黑家
	Shijiazhuang	黑家
	Weifang (Weicheng)	後晌
	Weifang (Fangzi)	後上
	Changle	後上
	Shouguang	後上
	Rizhao	後晌
	Wulian	後晌
	Jinan	後晌, 晚上, 夜裡, 黑夜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai	黑日, 下黑
	Yantai (Muping)	光晌黑兒, 黑子兒
	Weifang (Hanting)	後上
	Changyi	下晚兒
	Gaomi	下晚兒, 後晌
	Zhucheng	後晌
	Anqiu	後晌
	Linqu	後上
	Qingzhou	後上
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	黑地
	Daming	黑瞎
	Wanrong	黑間, 黑家
	Kaifeng	黑嘍
	Xi'an	黑咧
	Xining	晚夕
	Xuzhou	黑來, 晚黑, 夜來
	Pizhou	晚上
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	晚上
	Donghai	晚上
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	晚夕, 晚上
	Lanzhou	晚夕
	Ürümqi	黑裡, 晚上, 晚夕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	黑了, 晚上
	Chongqing	晚上, 晚黑
	Wuhan	晚上, 黑了, 夜晚, 夜晚心, 夜心
	Guiyang	晚些家, 晚些, 晚上家, 晚上, 下晚
	Kunming	晚辰, 晚起, 晚辰家
	Guilin	晚上
	Liuzhou	晚夜, 夜晚, 晚上, 夜裡, 夜晚頭
	Tianlin (Langping)	夜晚
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	夜, 黑了
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	晚上, 夜裡頭, 夜裡
	Yangzhou	晚上
	Baoying	晚上
	Taizhou	晚上
	Zhenjiang	晚上
	Lianyungang	晚心
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	夜上頭
	Xuyi	夜裡
	Nantong	夜頭, 晚上
	Rugao	晚朝
	Yancheng	晚上
	Funing	晚上
	Sihong	晚心
	Hefei	晚上
	Chuzhou	夜裡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	夜晚黑, 夜晚, 晚黑, 晚頭, 晚頭夜, 晚頭黑
	Hong Kong	夜晚黑, 夜晚, 晚黑, 晚頭, 晚頭夜 rare, 晚頭黑 rare
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	入夜, 晚頭黑
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	夜晚黑, 夜晚
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	夜晚頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	夜晚, 夜晚頭
	Macau	晚頭黑, 夜晚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	夜晚黑
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	晚頭黑
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	夜晚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	夜晚黑
	Foshan	夜晚黑
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	夜晚黑
	Foshan (Shunde)	夜晚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	夜晚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	夜晚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晚黑
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	夜晚黑
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	夜晚黑
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	夜晚黑
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	晚黑
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	晚黑
	Taishan	夜晚, 夜晚黑, 晚黑, 黑晚, 夜黑, 晚頭, 晚頭黑
	Taishan (Guanghai)	晚上
	Kaiping (Chikan)	夜晚, 夜晚黑, 晚黑
	Enping (Niujiang)	黑晚夜
	Heshan (Yayao)	晚黑, 夜晚
	Dongguan	晚頭黑, 晚頭, 晚黑
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	晚頭
	Qingyuan	夜晚
	Fogang	夜晚
	Yingde (Hanguang)	夜晚黑
	Yangshan	夜頭
	Lianshan (Butian)	夜頭
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	夜頭
	Shaoguan	夜晚黑
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	夜晚
	Renhua	夜晚
	Lechang	夜晚
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	夜晚, 晚頭
	Sihui	夜晚黑
	Guangning	夜晚夜
	Deqing	夜晚黑
	Huaiji	夜, 夜晚
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	夜晚
	Yunfu	夜晚黑
	Xinxing	晚黑
	Luoding	夜晚
	Yunan (Pingtai)	晚黑
	Yangjiang	晚黑, 夜晚黑
	Xinyi	晚黑
	Maoming (Xinpo)	晚黑, 晚間黑
	Lianjiang	晚黑
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	晚間
	Nanning	夜晚
	Wuzhou	晚黑
	Yulin	夜墨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	斷暗, 夜晚頭
	Guiping	夜晚
	Guiping (Jintian)	夜晚
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	夜晚, 晚黑, 夜裡
	Guiping (Madong)	夜頭
	Mengshan (Xihe)	夜晚
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	夜晚
Beiliu (Tangliao)	夜晚
Baise	夜晚
Bobai	夜裡頭
Lingshan	夜裡頭
Pubei	夜晚
Qinzhou	晚頭
Beihai	晚頭, 晚頭黑
Beihai (Nankang)	黑, 晚黑頭, 晚間頭
Beihai (Yingpan)	晚頭黑
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	晚黑, 晚間頭
Ningming	晚上
Hengzhou	到夜
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	夜頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	晚黑, 夜晚
Danzhou	烏昏
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	夜裡
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	晚頭, 夜晚
Singapore (Guangfu)	夜晚
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	晚黑, 夜晚
Móng Cái	晚黑, 夜晚
Yangon (Taishan)	晚頭
Mandalay (Taishan)	夜
Gan	Nanchang	夜晚, 夜裡
	Pengze	夜裡
	Lichuan	夜上
	Pingxiang	夜晡仔, 夜晡
Hakka	Meixian	暗晡頭, 暗晡夜, 夜晡, 暗晡
	Xingning	暗晡, 夜晡頭
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	黑晚
	Huiyang	晚晨夜, 夜晡頭
	Huidong (Daling)	暗晡夜, 晚晨夜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	夜晡晨, 晚晨夜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	夜晡晨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	夜晚
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	暗晡, 暗晡夜, 夜晡晨, 夜晡頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	暗矕
	Wengyuan	夜晡頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	夜晡夜, 夜子頭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	夜晡頭
	Liannan	夜晡頭
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	夜晡夜
	Jiexi	暗晡頭
	Luhe	夜晡時, 暗夜仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	暗晡時頭
	Changting	暗晡
	Wuping	暗晡
	Wuping (Yanqian)	夜晡, 夜晡頭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	夜晡, 暗晡
	Liancheng	暗邊, 夜晡
	Liancheng (Peitian)	夜晡夜
	Ninghua	夜頭, 夜邊
	Yudu	夜晡, 暗晡
	Ningdu	夜晡晨
	Ruijin	夜晡
	Shicheng	夜辰
	Shangyou (Shexi)	夜芒
	Tonggu (Sandu)	暗晡
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	夜晡
	Dayu	夜晡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡時節, 暗晡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	夜時頭, 暗夜時頭, 暗夜, 暗晡
	Hong Kong	暗晡頭, 晚晨頭, 夜晚晨, 暗晡夜, 暗晚
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	晚間
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	晚間
	Xinyi (Sihe)	夜
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	夜晡夜
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	晚間頭
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	暗今頭
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	暗摸頭
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	暗晡夜
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	晏晡頭
	Mengshan (Xihe)	暗夜
	Luchuan	夜晡間
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	暗晡夜
	Bobai (Shahe)	夜晡頭
	Bobai (Longtan)	夜間頭
	Bobai (Lingping)	夜晡間
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	夜間頭
	Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang)	夜摸
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	夜間頭
	Mashan (Pianlian)	到夜
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	夜晡
	Pingle (Tong'an)	夜晡頭
	Yangshuo (Jinbao)	夜晡, 夜晡頭, 暗晡
	Sabah (Bao'an)	暗晡晨, 暗晚夜
	Senai (Huiyang)	夜晡晨, 暗晡晨
Singkawang	夜晡頭
Pontianak (Meixian)	暗晡時, 暗晡夜
Bangkok (Meixian)	夜晡時
Huizhou	Jixi	夜下, 夜上
Jin	Taiyuan	黑夜, 黑咾
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	黑夜
	Xinzhou	黑夜, 黑勞
	Zhangjiakou	晚上, 黑夜
	Handan	晚上, 黑來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	暗暝, 暗暝頭
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	暝暗, 暝暗頭
	Songxi	暗暝
	Zhenghe	暗暝
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	暗暝
	Jianyang	暗暝
	Wuyishan	暗暝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	暗暝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	暝晡, 暝晡頭, 兩晡頭
	Fuzhou (Changle)	兩晡頭, 暝晡
	Lianjiang	暝晡
	Fuqing	暝晡, 脖頭
	Pingtan	暝晡頭
	Yongtai	暝晡頭, 暝晡
	Minqing	暝晡
	Gutian	暝晡
	Pingnan	暝晡頭
	Luoyuan	暝晡
	Fu'an	暝晡
	Ningde	暝晡
	Xiapu	暝晡頭
	Zherong	暝晡
	Shouning	暝間
	Zhouning	暝晡
	Fuding	暝過頭
	Matsu	暝晡
Southern Min	Xiamen	暗暝, 暗時, 下昏, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暗頭時, 暝時, 下昏時
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	暝時, 下昏, 下昏時
	Quanzhou	暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時
	Jinjiang	暝時, 暗暝
	Nan'an	暗時
	Hui'an	暗暝, 暝時
	Anxi	暗暝
	Yongchun	暗暝, 暗時
	Dehua	暝時
	Zhangzhou	下昏, 暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時, 暝昏, 暝昏暗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	下昏時
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	暝間
	Hua'an	下昏時
	Nanjing	暝間, 下昏
	Pinghe	暝時, 暗時
	Zhangpu	下昏
	Yunxiao	暝昏
	Zhao'an	下昏, 下昏時, 暝昏時
	Dongshan	暝昏時, 暝間
	Taipei	下昏, 下昏暗時, 暗時, 暗頭仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	下昏暗, 暗時
	Kaohsiung	下昏, 下暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔, 暝時
	Yilan	下昏, 下暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	下昏暗, 暗時, 暗頭仔
	Taichung	暗時, 暝時
	Taichung (Wuqi)	暗時
	Tainan	下昏, 下昏暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔, 暝時
	Taitung	下暗
	Hsinchu	暗時, 下昏暗時
	Kinmen	暗時, 下昏時
	Penghu (Magong)	暝時, 下昏, 此暝昏, 暗頭仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	暗暝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗暝, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時, 下昏
	Manila (Hokkien)	暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暝時
	Longyan	暗頭, 暗暝
	Zhangping	暗昏時, 下昏
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	暗時, 暗昏時, 暝時
	Datian	暝昏頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	夜裡, 暗昏時
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	月昏, 月昏時, 遘昏
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	下昏
	Chaozhou	暝旰, 暝暗, 一暝
	Shantou	暝旰, 暝暗, 暝暗頭, 暝昏囝, 暝昏時, 一暝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	暝暗, 暝暗頭, 一暝
	Jieyang	暝旰, 暝暗頭, 暝昏時, 暝昏頭
	Lufeng	暝時
	Haifeng	暝昏, 暝時, 暝昏時
	Bangkok (Teochew)	暝昏
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	暝昏
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	暝昏囝, 暝時
	Singapore (Teochew)	暝旰
	Batam (Teochew)	暝旰
	Leizhou	暝昏, 暝頭, 暝旰
	Wenchang	暝頭, 暗上
	Haikou	暝頭, 暝昏, 暝暗
	Qionghai	暝頭, 暝昏頭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	暝頭
Puxian Min	Putian	暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暝昏, 暗暝時
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	暝時, 暝昏頭, 暝頭時
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暗暝時
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暗暝時
	Xianyou	暝頭, 暝時, 暝昏, 暝時頭, 暝時頭時
	Xianyou (Fengting)	暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝時頭時
	Xianyou (Youyang)	暝頭, 暝頭時
	Fuding (Aoyao)	暝昏頭
Central Min	Yong'an	暝昏
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	暝昏
	Sanming (Shaxian)	暝昏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	麻昏, 暝昏, 暝頭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	暝昏
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	夜裡
	Nanning (Shajing)	夜裡頭
	Hengzhou (Baihe)	夜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	夜下
	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	夜來, 夜晚
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	夜晡時頭
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	夜時
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	夜時
Shehua	Fu'an	暗晡頭
	Fuding	暗晡頭
	Sanming	暗晡
	Shunchang	暗晡頭
	Hua'an	暗晡時
	Guixi (Zhangping)	暗
	Cangnan	暗晡
	Jingning (Hexi)	暗晡
	Lishui	暗晡
	Longyou	暗晡夜
	Chaozhou	暗晡
	Fengshun	暗晡時
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	黑頭, 夜裡
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	夜了, 黑了
Wu	Shanghai	夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜裡向, 夜裡, 夜到頭, 夜到, 黃昏戌時 dated
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	夜頭, 夜裡向
	Shanghai (Jiading)	夜裡, 夜頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	夜裡向, 夜頭, 夜來
	Suzhou	夜裡, 夜裡向, 夜頭
	Wuxi	夜頭
	Changshu	夜裡
	Nantong (Haimen)	夜來
	Changzhou	夜勒
	Danyang	夜頭, 夜裡
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	晚頭
	Hangzhou	夜到, 夜到頭, 夜裡向, 夜裡, 夜裡頭
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	夜到, 夜裡向, 夜裡
	Ningbo	夜到, 夜到頭, 夜頭, 夜到晚頭, 夜到末頭
	Wenzhou	黃昏, 夜裡
	Jinhua	夜裡, 夜頭
Xiang	Changsha	夜間子, 夜裡
	Loudi	夜界, 夜裡
	Shuangfeng	夜裡, 夜唧
	Hengyang	夜巴
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	夜黑
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	黑裡咯
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	夜下
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	夜晡
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	夜晚
	Renhua (Shitang)	暗晡
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	夜下
	Lechang (Changlai)	暗晡
	Lechang (Beixiang)	晏晡
	Lechang (Huangpu)	夜晡頭
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	夜晡前
	Lechang (Sanxi)	半夜裡

Dialectal synonyms of 夜 (“night (counting)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夜, 夕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夜
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	晚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晚
	Hong Kong	晚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晚
Southern Min	Xiamen	暝, 暗
	Quanzhou	暝, 暗
	Shishi	暗暝
	Zhangzhou	暝, 暗
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	暝
	Taipei	暝 GT, 暗 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暝
	Manila (Hokkien)	暗
	Shantou	暝
	Singapore (Teochew)	暝
	Wenchang	暝
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

References

“夜”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#夜 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#夜 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#夜 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典 Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#夜), A00843

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): mî / mê / mêe

(Teochew, Peng'im): mê⁵

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî
  - Tâi-lô: mî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen): /mĩ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /mi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mê
  - Tâi-lô: mê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mee
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /me²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /mẽ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mêe
  - Tâi-lô: mêe
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /mɛ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /mɛ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /me⁵⁵/

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Definitions

夜Category:Chinese lemmas#夕05 Category:Chinese hanzi#夕05 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#夕05 Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

(Southern Min Category:Southern Min Chinese#夕05) alternative form of 暝

Category:Beginning Mandarin#夕05 Category:zh:Night#夕05 Category:zh:Times of day#夕05

Japanese

Kanji

夜

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#夕05 Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#夕05 Category:Japanese second grade kanji#夕05 Category:Japanese kyōiku kanji#夕05 Category:Japanese jōyō kanji#夕05

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夜
よる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 夜 read as よる#よる Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#よる Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#よる

⟨yo₁ru⟩ → */jʷoru/ → /joru/

From Old Japanese Category:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#よる Category:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#よる, from Proto-Japonic Category:Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#よる Category:Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#よる *yoru.

Derived from yo below, suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning.^[1] Compare 日(ひ) (hi, “day”) → 昼(ひる) (hiru, “daytime”), which seems to use this same ru element.^[1]

Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE, with the phonetic spelling 用流.^[1]

Now the most common term for night in modern Japanese.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夜
よ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 夜 read as よ#よ Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#よ Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#よ

⟨yo₁⟩ → /jʷo/ → /jo/

From Old Japanese Category:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#よる Category:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#よる, from Proto-Japonic Category:Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#よる Category:Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#よる *yo.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE with the phonetic spelling 用.^[1]

In modern development, this term has taken on a more literary sense.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よ [yóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [jo̞]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#よる

Category:Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#よる Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#よる

Noun

夜(よ) • (yoCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#夜 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#夜) Category:Japanese lemmas#よ Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#よ Category:Japanese nouns#よ Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#よ Category:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#よ Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#よ Category:Japanese terms spelled with 夜#よ Category:Japanese single-kanji terms#よ Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#よ Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

(literary Category:Japanese literary terms#よ Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#よ) night, evening
『真(ま)夏(なつ)の夜(よ)の夢(ゆめ)』 ― “Manatsu no Yo no Yume” ― A Midsummer Night’s DreamCategory:Japanese terms with usage examples#よる

一(ひと)夜(よ)一(ひと)夜(よ)に人(ひと)見(み)ごろ
hitoyo hitoyo ni hito mi-goro
Night by night, they become better looking. (the mnemonic phrase for the first digits of ${\sqrt {2}}$ : １(ひと).４(よ)１(ひと)４(よ)２(に)１(ひと)３(み)５(ご)６(ろ)...)
Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#よる Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#よる

Derived terms

夜(よ)夜(よ), 夜(よ)々(よ) (yoyo)
夜(よ)上(あ)がり (yoagari)
夜(よ)明(あ)け (yoake)
夜(よ)風(かぜ) (yokaze)
夜(よ)着(ぎ) (yogi)
夜(よ)空(ぞら) (yozora)
夜(よ)籠(ご)もる (yogomoru)
夜(よ)さり (yosari), 夜(よう)さり (yōsari)
終(よ)夜(すがら) (yosugara)
夜(よ)釣(づり), 夜釣(よづ)り (yozuri)
夜(よ)伽(とぎ) (yotogi)
夜(よ)な夜(よ)な (yonayona)
夜(よ)中(なか) (yonaka)
夜(よ)長(なが) (yonaga)
夜(よ)の目(め) (yo no me)
夜(よ)一(ひと)夜(よ) (yo hitoyo)
夜(よ)更(ふ)け, 夜(よ)深(ふ)け (yofuke)
昨夜(よべ) (yobe), 昨夜(ようべ) (yōbe)
夜(よ)間(ま) (yoma)
終夜(よもすがら) (yomosugara)
夜(よ)も日(ひ)も明(あ)けない (yo mo hi mo akenai)
夜(よ)を明(あ)かす (yo o akasu)
夜(よ)を掛(か)く (yo o kaku)
夜(よ)を籠(こ)む (yo o komu)
夜(よ)半(わ) (yowa)
夜(よ)を徹(てっ)する (yo o tessuru)
夜(よ)を日(ひ)に継(つ)ぐ (yo o hi ni tsugu)
小(さ)夜(よ) (sayo)
千(ち)夜(よ) (chiyo)
月(つき)夜(よ) (tsukiyo), 月(つく)夜(よ) (tsukuyo)
一(ひと)夜(よ) (hitoyo)
闇(やみ)夜(よ) (yamiyo)

References

1 2 3 4 “夜”, in 日本国語大辞典Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#夜 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#夜 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#夜 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#夜 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“夜”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Category:ja:Night#よる Category:ja:Times of day#よる

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese Category:Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese#야 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#야 夜 (MC yaeH).

Historical readings
Dongguk Jeongun reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	양〮 (Yale: yá)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	밤〮 (Yale: pám)	야〯 (Yale: yǎ)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠(ː)]Category:Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable#夜
Phonetic hangul: [야(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

夜

夜 (eumhun 밤 야 (bam ya))Category:Korean lemmas#야 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#야 Category:Korean hanja#야 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#야 Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

hanja form^? of 야 (“night”)Category:Korean hanja forms#夜

Compounds

심야 (深夜, simya, “midnight”)
야간 (夜間, yagan, “night, nighttime”)
야경 (夜景, yagyeong, “night view”)
야광 (夜光, yagwang, “noctilucence”)
야근 (夜勤, yageun, “night overtime”)
야기 (夜氣, yagi, “night air, nocturnal atmosphere”)
야래 (夜來, yarae, “during the night, since night(-fall”)
야반 (夜半, yaban, “midnight, late at night, the middle of the night”)
야색 (夜色, yasaek, “night view, evening scene”)
야시 (夜市, yasi, “night market”)
야식 (夜食, yasik, “late snack”)
야야 (夜夜, yaya, “night after night, nightly”)
야업 (夜業, ya'eop, “night work, night shift”)
야우 (夜雨, yau, “rainfall at night”)
야학 (夜學, yahak, “night class”)
야행 (夜行, yahaeng, “nocturnal travel, night trip,afterdark journey”)
야회 (夜會, yahoe, “evening party, soirée”)
백야 (白夜, baegya, “midnight sun”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Okinawan

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夜
ゆる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Category:Okinawan terms spelled with 夜 read as ゆる#ゆる Category:Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys#ゆる Category:Okinawan terms read with kun'yomi#ゆる

From Proto-Ryukyuan Category:Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan#ゆる Category:Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Ryukyuan#ゆる *yoru, from Proto-Japonic Category:Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#ゆる Category:Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Japonic#ゆる *yoru.

Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yoru, “night”).

Pronunciation

(Shuri-Naha) ゆる [yúrù] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [juɾu]Category:Okinawan terms with IPA pronunciation#ゆる

Noun

the night

Derived terms

夜(ゆる)昼(ふぃる) (yurufiru)
夜(ゆる)夜中(ゆなか) (yuru yunaka)

Counter

nights
一(ちゅ)夜(ゆる) ― chuyuru ― one nightCategory:Japanese terms with usage examples#よる

二(た)夜(ゆる) ― tayuru ― two nightsCategory:Japanese terms with usage examples#よる

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夜
ゆー Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Category:Okinawan terms spelled with 夜 read as ゆー#ゆう Category:Okinawan terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ゆう Category:Okinawan terms read with kun'yomi#ゆう

From Proto-Ryukyuan Category:Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan#ゆる Category:Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Ryukyuan#ゆる *yo, from Proto-Japonic Category:Okinawan terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#ゆる Category:Okinawan terms derived from Proto-Japonic#ゆる *yo.

Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yo).

Pronunciation

(Shuri-Naha) ゆう [yúù] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [juː]Category:Okinawan terms with IPA pronunciation#ゆる

References

“ユル” in Haisai Okinawan Dialect.
“ユル（ゆる）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
“ゆる” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.
Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963), 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)

Category:ryu:Time#ゆる Category:ryu:Times of day#ゆる

Okinoerabu

Kanji

夜

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Category:Okinoerabu kanji#夕05 Category:Okinoerabu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#夕05 Category:Okinoerabu second grade kanji#夕05 Category:Okinoerabu kyōiku kanji#夕05 Category:Okinoerabu jōyō kanji#夕05

Etymology

Kanji in this term
夜
いぃーる Grade: 2

Category:Okinoerabu terms with missing yomi#いぃいる Category:Okinoerabu terms with redundant sortkeys#いぃいる Category:Okinoerabu terms spelled with 夜 read as いぃーる#いぃいる

From Proto-Ryukyuan Category:Okinoerabu terms inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan#いぃいる Category:Okinoerabu terms derived from Proto-Ryukyuan#いぃいる *yoru, from Proto-Japonic Category:Okinoerabu terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#いぃいる Category:Okinoerabu terms derived from Proto-Japonic#いぃいる *yoru.

Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yoru).

Noun

the night

Category:okn:Time#いぃいる Category:okn:Times of day#いぃいる

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic Category:Old Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#ゆ Category:Old Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#ゆ *yoru.

Derived from yo₁ below, suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning.^[1] Compare 日 (pi₁, “day”) → 晝 (pi₁ru, “daytime”), which seems to use this same ru element.

Used as a standalone noun but not in compounds.

Noun

夜 (yo₁ru) (kana よる)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#ゆ Category:Old Japanese nouns#ゆ Category:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆ Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

the night, evening
Antonym: 晝 (pi₁ru)
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 807:
  , text here
  宇豆都仁波安布余志勿奈子奴婆多麻能用流能伊昧仁越都伎提美延許曾
  ututu ni pa apu yo₂si mo nasi nubatama no₂ yo₁ru no₂ ime₂ ni wo tugi₁te miye ko₂so₂
  There is no way to see you in reality. Please continue to appear in dreams of the night!^[2]
  Category:Old Japanese terms with usage examples#ゆ

Derived terms

夜晝 (yo₁rupi₁ru)

Descendants

Japanese: 夜 (yoru)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic Category:Old Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#ゆ Category:Old Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#ゆ *yo, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).^[1]

Used as both a standalone noun and in compounds.

Noun

夜 (yo₁) (kana よ)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#ゆ Category:Old Japanese nouns#ゆ Category:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆ Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

the night, evening
- 711–712, Kojiki, poem 3:
  ...阿遠夜麻邇比賀迦久良婆奴婆多麻能用波伊傅那牟...
  ...awoyama ni pi₁ ga kakuraba nubatama no₂ yo₁ pa idenamu...
  As soon as the sun hides behind the verdant mountains, then jet-black night will come.^[3]
  Category:Old Japanese terms with quotations#ゆ

Derived terms

夜烏 (yo₁garasu)
夜聲 (yo₁go₂we)
夜戸出 (yo₁to₁de)
夜鳴き, 夜泣き, 夜啼き (yo₁naki₁)
夜の悉 (yo₁ no₂ ko₂to₂go₂to₂)
夜更く (yo₁puku)
夜道, 夜路 (yo₁mi₁ti)
夜ら (yo₁ra)
雨夜 (amayo₁)
新た夜 (aratayo₁)
この夜 (ko₂no₂ yo₁)
足り夜 (tariyo₁)
千夜 (tiyo₁)
二夜 (putayo₁)
百夜 (momoyo₁)
闇夜 (yami_(?)yo₁)
闇の夜 (yami_(?) no₂ yo₁)

Descendants

Japanese: 夜 (yo)

Etymology 3

Attested in the Hizen-no-kuni Fudoki (c. 739 CE) and in the Man'yōshū (759 CE) as the Eastern Old Japanese variation of yo above.

Noun

夜 (yu) (kana ゆ)Category:Old Japanese lemmas#ゆ Category:Old Japanese nouns#ゆ Category:Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ゆ Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

(regional Category:Regional Old Japanese#ゆ, Eastern Old Japanese) the night, evening
- c. 732-739, Hizen-no-kuni Fudoki (poem 1)
  志努波羅能意登比賣能古袁佐比登由母爲禰弖牟志太夜伊幣爾久太佐牟
  sino₁para no₂ oto₂pi₁me₁ no₂ ko₁ wo sa-pi₁to₂yu mo inetemu sida ya ipe₁ ni kudasamu
  Once I've taken her, slept with her a single night―that little lady, the girl from the bamboo brakes―I'll send her down to her home.^[4]
  Category:Old Japanese terms with usage examples#ゆ
  
  [Note: Some later manuscripts erroneously replace the man'yōgana 袁 (wo) with 素 (⟨so₁⟩ → so).]

References

1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ Haruo Shirane (2005), Classical Japanese: A Grammar, illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 320
↑ Donald L. Philippi (2015), Kojiki (Volume 2255 of Princeton Legacy Library), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 106-7
↑ Helen Craig McCullough (1997), “Combinations of Poetry and Prose in Classical Japanese Narrative”, in Joseph Harris, Ph.D., Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl, editors, Prosimetrum: Crosscultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse, illustrated edition, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 416

Category:ojp:Time#ゆ Category:ojp:Times of day#ゆ

Vietnamese

Han character

夜: Hán Việt readings: dạ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#夕05 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
夜: Nôm readings: dà^[1]^[2]^[7]^[8], dạ^[1]^[2]^[7]^[8], rạ^[7]^[8], giạ^[4], dại^[7], già^[7], rá^[7], rà^[7]Category:Vietnamese Nom#夕05 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

chữ Hán form of dạ (“night”)Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán
chữ Nôm form of dạCategory:Vietnamese Nom
1. (Central Vietnam Category:Central Vietnamese#夕05, Southern Vietnam Category:Southern Vietnamese#夕05) yes (answers a question)
2. An initial particle to express politeness and respect
3. belly, stomach
chữ Nôm form of dại (“wild; naive; mad; crazy”)Category:Vietnamese Nom
chữ Nôm form of rá (“bamboo basket”)Category:Vietnamese Nom
chữ Nôm form of rà (“used in rườm rà (“lush”)”)Category:Vietnamese Nom
chữ Nôm form of rạ (“stubble”)Category:Vietnamese Nom

References

Yonaguni

Kanji

夜

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Category:Yonaguni kanji#夕05 Category:Yonaguni terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#夕05 Category:Yonaguni second grade kanji#夕05 Category:Yonaguni kyōiku kanji#夕05 Category:Yonaguni jōyō kanji#夕05

Etymology

Kanji in this term
夜
どぅる Grade: 2

Category:Yonaguni terms with missing yomi#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms with redundant sortkeys#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms spelled with 夜 read as どぅる#とぅる'

From Proto-Ryukyuan Category:Yonaguni terms inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms derived from Proto-Ryukyuan#とぅる' *yoru, from Proto-Japonic Category:Yonaguni terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms derived from Proto-Japonic#とぅる' *yoru.

Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yoru).

Noun

夜(どぅる) (duru) Category:Yonaguni lemmas#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms with redundant sortkeys#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni nouns#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms spelled with second grade kanji#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms with 1 kanji#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni terms spelled with 夜#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni single-kanji terms#とぅる'Category:Yonaguni entries with incorrect language header#とぅる'Category:Pages with entries#夜 Category:Pages with 9 entries#夜

the night

Category:yoi:Time#とぅる'Category:yoi:Times of day#とぅる'

[KDJ-1] 1 2 3 4 “夜”, in 日本国語大辞典Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#夜 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#夜 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#夜 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#夜 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-4] 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[5] Haruo Shirane (2005), Classical Japanese: A Grammar, illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 320

[6] Donald L. Philippi (2015), Kojiki (Volume 2255 of Princeton Legacy Library), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 106-7

[7] Helen Craig McCullough (1997), “Combinations of Poetry and Prose in Classical Japanese Narrative”, in Joseph Harris, Ph.D., Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl, editors, Prosimetrum: Crosscultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse, illustrated edition, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 416

[gdhn-8] 1 2 3 Trần (2004).

[btcn-9] 1 2 3 Hồ (1976).

[tchvtd-10] Thiều Chửu (1942).

[bonet-11] 1 2 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-12] Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-13] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcndg-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-15] 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

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