字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲616 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Time & Sequence
夕 evening
ゆうべ yuube
3 strokesRadical of 5 kanjiPart of 7
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Moon crescent.
Source: Wiktionary, 夕 (rev. 92200257), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“As the sun sets... Imagine the soft, orange glow of twilight as the first sliver of the moon appears. This radical is the spirit of transition, the beauty of the "night," and the many "names" and dreams we speak in the quiet of the dusk. When you see it, think of "tonight," the deep "darkness" of midnight, and the peaceful end of another day.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates evening, night, twilight, time periods after sunset, dreams, names (originally whispered at night), and concepts related to darkness and transition.
What it grows into
- 多manyタ · おおい
夕 + 夕
Two pieces of meat (肉). In the bronze script, 肉 was corrupted into 夕 due to visual similarity, making 多 into a duplication of 夕.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 夜nightヤ · よ
亦sound + 夕
夕 may also serve as another phonetic component.
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every kanji with 夕 as its radical
All 5 kanji