HSK 2 · Times of day & week

夜

yè

night

Stroke order of 夜

夜 is written with 8 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A person 亻 under a lid 亠 with evening 夕 beneath: night closes in.

Parts: 亠 lid + 亻 person + 夕 evening

Example sentence

夜很安静。

The night is very quiet.

Words with 夜

半夜midnight 夜里at night

More words: Times of day & week

半夜midnight 夜里at night 早晨early morning 晚安good night 午睡afternoon nap 周week 周末weekend 上周last week 下周next week 周年anniversary 月份month 前年the year before last 全年the whole year 分钟minute 刻quarter (of an hour)

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