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Kanji for Night
The kanji for “night” is 夜, read ya and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
夜
night
The quiet beauty of the night sky.
8 strokes On reading ヤ (ya) Kun reading よ、よる (yo, yoru) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: night, evening
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ya, yo
In Japan it appears in about 533 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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