Dong Chinese dictionary

yè

night

Phonosemantic compound. 夕 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.

Components

夕 Meaning component

xī

evening

Pictograph of the moon.

亦 Sound component

yì

also

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 亦 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yè

night, dark; in night; by night; night

yè

variant of 夜[yè]

Most common words with 夜

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Sources