Entry
  1. Noun

    long night (esp. of autumn)

    see 日永

    秋の夜長は読書にまさるものはありません。
    There's nothing better than reading in the long autumn nights.

Also written 夜永【よなが】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

night, evening

Kun
よる
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
487 of 2500
Radical
evening
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-6, 3-3-5, 3-4-4SKIP code
2j6.1The Kanji Dictionary
0024.7Four corner code
467deroo
591cUnicode hex code
1-44-75JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
298Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1129New Nelson (John Haig)
2056New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2550Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1301Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1770Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1037Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1115Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
258A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
766Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
336Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5763Morohashi
212A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
471Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
479Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
144sakade
150Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
232henshall3
169Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
318crowley
93Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
406Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1046Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ye4Pinyin reading
yaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

long, leader, superior, senior

Kun
なが.いおさ
On
チョウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
12 of 2500
Radical
long
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

おしゃたかしたけひさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-3, 4-8-1SKIP code
0a8.2The Kanji Dictionary
7173.2Four corner code
3465deroo
9577Unicode hex code
1-36-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4938Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6379New Nelson (John Haig)
2556New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3163Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1626Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2212Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1920Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2070Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
939Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
155Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41100Morohashi
173A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
95Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
95Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
116sakade
95Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
189henshall3
161Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
90crowley
89Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
1837Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1939Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chang2, zhang3Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level