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Zach

夕

Readings

Kana: セキ、ゆう
Romaji: seki, yuu
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ゆ
Romaji: yu
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Meaning

evening

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  36
Frequency:  924
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  4-3-1
Korean Reading:  sa
Chinese Reading:  xi4
Unicode:  5915
JIS:  4D3C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3387
Nelson Index: 1167
New Nelson Index: 1123
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a3.14
Four Corner Index: 2720.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 44
Gakken Index: 627
Japanese Names Index: 33
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5749
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0317
Remembering the kanji Index: 109
Busy People Index: 2.10
Kanji Flashcards Index: 149
Kodansha Compact Index: 403
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 54
Kanji in Context Index: 95
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2123
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2871
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 109
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 114
Essential Kanji Index: 734
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4195
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2560
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 98
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 20

Words

勺 (しゃく、せき)
18 ml (one-tenth of a go); 0.033 meters square (one-hundredth of a tsubo); dip; ladle
夕方 (ゆうがた)
evening; dusk
朝夕 (あさゆう、ちょうせき)
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
夕食 (ゆうしょく)
evening meal; dinner
夕焼け (ゆうやけ)
sunset
夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)
evening; last night
夕刊 (ゆうかん)
evening paper
夕日 (ゆうひ、せきじつ、せきよう)
evening sun; setting sun
七夕 (たなばた、しちせき)
Festival of the Weaver (July 7th); Star Festival (one of the five annual festivals)
夕暮れ (ゆうぐれ)
evening; (evening) twilight
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