夕
evening
3 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 924.
Readings
- ゆう (kun reading): 夕食 (ゆうしょく) evening meal; 夕飯 (ゆうはん) evening meal
- セキ (on reading): 今夕 (こんせき) this evening; 一朝一夕 (いっちょういっせき) in a day
- Read as a whole word: 七夕 (たなばた) Star Festival (held in July or August); 七夕祭り (たなばたまつり) Star Festival (held in July or August); 仙台七夕まつり (せんだいたなばたまつり) Sendai Tanabata Festival
Components
- 夕 radical evening
Kanji containing 夕
- 外 outside
- 多 many
- 名 name
- 夜 night
- 夢 dream
- 汐 eventide
- 舛 dancing radical (no. 136)
- 歹 bare bone
- 夘 sign of the hare or rabbit
- 夛 much
- 拶 be imminent
- 梦 dream
- 窗 window
- 粲 bright
- 餐 eat
Words using 夕
- 夕食 (ゆうしょく) evening meal
- 夕飯 (ゆうはん) evening meal
- 夕方 (ゆうがた) early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm)
- 夕日 (ゆうひ) evening sun
- 夕べ (ゆうべ) evening
- 七夕 (たなばた) Star Festival (held in July or August)
- 七夕祭り (たなばたまつり) Star Festival (held in July or August)
- 仙台七夕まつり (せんだいたなばたまつり) Sendai Tanabata Festival
- 七夕馬 (たなばたうま) Tanabata straw horse
- 今夕 (こんせき) this evening
- 一朝一夕 (いっちょういっせき) in a day
- 秋夕 (しゅうせき) autumn evening
- 一夕 (いっせき) one evening
- 一夕話 (いっせきわ) (a) short story
- 秋夕 (チュソク) Chuseok (Korean festival celebrated around the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar)
87 words in all.