The kanji 夕: meaning, readings and stroke order

夕

Meaning: evening
On reading: セキ seki
Kun reading: ゆう yuu
Strokes: 3
Radical: 夕 evening, sunset
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: buổi chiều tối (tịch)
Japanese: ゆうがた。
Korean: 저녁 (석)
Chinese: 傍晚

Readings, words and example sentences

セキ seki · on reading · less common

一いっ朝ちょう一いっ夕せき
a very short time
字は 一いっ朝ちょう一いっ夕せきには上手になりません。
You can't get good at writing overnight.

ゆう yuu · kun reading

夕ゆう日ひ
setting sun
山にしずむ 夕ゆう日ひが赤いです。
The sun setting behind the mountain is red.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.