night

roof (亠) + person (亻) + dusk (夕) = night

The character layers dusk (夕) with a sheltering roof (亠) and a person (亻) beneath it — someone indoors as evening falls. Together they evoke the full descent into night, beyond mere dusk.

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A roofSemantic
A personSemantic
EveningSemantic

里外面很安静。

yè lǐ wài miàn hěn ān jìng。

At night, outside is very quiet.

他常常工作到深才回家。

tā cháng cháng gōng zuò dào shēn yè cái huí jiā。

He often works until late at night before going home.

Words with 夜

午夜

wǔ yè

midnight

宿夜

sù yè

to stay overnight

通夜

tōng yè

all through the night

连夜

lián yè

that very night

过夜

guò yè

to spend the night

长夜

cháng yè

long dark night

长夜漫漫

cháng yè màn màn

endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering

长夜难明

cháng yè nán míng

lit. many nights under a harsh moon

长尾夜鹰

cháng wěi yè yīng

(bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

开夜车

kāi yè chē

to burn the midnight oil

隔夜

gé yè

overnight

黑夜

hēi yè

night

More characters with 亠