This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ヤ、よ、よる
Romaji: ya, yo, yoru
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Romaji

Meanings

night, evening

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  8
Frequency:  487
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-2-6
Korean Reading:  ya
Chinese Reading:  ye4
Unicode:  591c
JIS:  4C6B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2056
Nelson Index: 298
New Nelson Index: 1129
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2j6.1
Four Corner Index: 0024.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 212
Gakken Index: 258
Japanese Names Index: 766
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5763
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0349
Remembering the kanji Index: 1037
Busy People Index: 2.17
Kanji Way Index: 318
Kanji Flashcards Index: 150
Kodansha Compact Index: 406
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 232
Kanji in Context Index: 93
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1301
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1770
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1046
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1115
Essential Kanji Index: 336
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2550
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 467
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 144
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 169

Words

(よる、よ)
evening; night
夜間 (やかん)
at night; nighttime
夜行 (やこう、やぎょう)
walking around at night; night train; night travel
真夜中 (まよなか)
dead of night; midnight
一夜 (いちや、ひとや、ひとよ)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
深夜 (しんや)
late at night
夜明け (よあけ)
dawn; daybreak
今夜 (こんや)
this evening; tonight
夜叉 (やしゃ)
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
前夜 (ぜんや)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
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