JLPT level N5
Kanji 夕 — "Evening"
Here is what 夕 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Evening" stick.
How it is read
On'yomi
せき
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
Kun'yomi
ゆう
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
What it is made of
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
夕 Evening
夕 Evening
The story
Same thing — Evening and its component are identical!
- 夕 Evening
The top half of the moon (月) is starting to peek out during the Evening.
Words that use 夕
8 of 8 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 夕方 ゆうがた evening
- 夕飯 ゆうはん dinner
- 夕日 ゆうひ (in) the evening sun, setting sun
- 夕刊 ゆうかん evening paper
- 夕焼け ゆうやけ sunset
- 夕暮れ ゆうぐれ evening, (evening) twilight
- 夕立 ゆうだち (sudden) evening shower (rain)
- 七夕祭り たなばたまつり the Star Festival
Want 夕 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
