Chinese Character 夜 Meanings and components.

Form

夜

Meaning

夜 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 夜[Ye4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 夜 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , 'person' radical in … (亻) , 'walk slowly' component … (夂) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

Its radical[1] is: 夕 (xi1) which means: Dusk, Evening, Taiwan Pr. [Xi4], .夕xi1dusk

In cangjie it is written with YONK

How to write 夜

To write夜ye4variant of … you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … , 亻ren2'person' radical … 夂zhi3'walk slowly' … 丶zhu3'dot' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

亠 + 亻 + 夂 + 丶 = 夜

夜 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 夜 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 夜, looks as follow:

夜
Pinyin:ye4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 夜[Ye4]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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