夜

Glyph origin
. may also serve as another phonetic component.

The lower-right portion is a corruption/graphical variant of ; the remainder is a reduced and distorted form of, used phonetically.

Etymology 1
From (STEDT); cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

believes and  are distinct as Tibeto-Burman keeps the etyma  and  strictly separate. However, suggest that  and  have clear etymological connections and thus reconstructs similar finals in both words.

Definitions

 * 1) night
 * 2)  late (in the night)
 * 3)  night shift; night work
 * 1)  late (in the night)
 * 2)  night shift; night work
 * 1)  night shift; night work
 * 1)  night shift; night work
 * 1)  night shift; night work
 * 1)  night shift; night work
 * 1)  night shift; night work

Etymology 1
→ * →

From, from.

Derived from yo below, suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare →, which seems to use this same ru element.

Found in the , completed some time after 759, with the phonetic spelling 用流.

Now the most common term for in modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) the night, evening

Etymology 2
→ →

From, from.

First attested in the  of 712 with the phonetic spelling 用.

In modern development, this term has taken on a more literary sense.

Noun

 * 1)  night, evening

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * ゆ ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1) the night

Counter

 * 1) nights

Etymology 2
From, from.

Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * ゆ ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1) the night

Etymology
From, from.

Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) the night

Etymology 1
From.

Derived from yo1 below, suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare →, which seems to use this same ru element.

Used as a standalone noun but not in compounds.

Noun

 * 1) the night, evening
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Etymology 2
From, first attested in the  (712 ).

Used as both a standalone noun and in compounds.

Noun

 * 1) the night, evening

Etymology 3
Attested in the ' (c. 739 ) and in the ' (759 ) as the Eastern Old Japanese variation of yo above.

Noun

 * 1)  the night, evening
 * 2) * c. 732-739,  (poem 1)
 * [Note: Some later manuscripts erroneously replace the man'yōgana with .]
 * [Note: Some later manuscripts erroneously replace the man'yōgana with .]

Etymology
From, from.

Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) the night