夜
亱Meanings
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- 1.variant of 夜[yè]
- 1.night
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Wiktionary
- 1.night
- 2.late (in the night)
- 3.Classifier for the number of nights.
- 4.night shift; night work
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *laːɡs): abbreviated phonetic 亦 (OC *laːɡ) + semantic 夕 (“moon”). 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ) may also serve as another phonetic component. In the modern form, the phonetic 亦 (yì) is distorted into 亠 + 亻 + ㇏, with the right-falling stroke ㇏ merging into the semantic 夕 (xī). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ja-n (“night”) (STEDT); cognate with Mizo zân (“night”), Burmese ည (nya., “night”). Schuessler (2007) believes 夜 (OC *laːɡs) and 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ) are distinct as Tibeto-Burman keeps the etyma *ja-n (“night”) and *rV-jak (“day; day (24 hours); night”) strictly separate. However, Baxter and Sagart (2014) suggest that 夜 (yè) and 夕 (xī) have clear etymological connections and thus reconstructs similar finals in both words.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我是個夜貓子。
I'm a night owl.
我夜以繼日地讀書。
I studied around the clock.
在夜間發生了火災。
A fire broke out during the night.
我陪家人度過聖誕夜。
I'm spending Christmas Eve with my family.
他在他舅舅那裏過夜。
He's staying with his uncle.
他在他舅舅那裏過夜。
He spent the night at his uncle's place.
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