EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Adverb (fukushi)

    last night; the previous night

    まるで革命前夜のような騒ぎだった。
    It looked as if we were on the eve of a revolution.
  2. night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

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in front, before

Kun
まえ-まえ
On
ゼン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
27 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

さきさとまい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-6, 2-2-7SKIP code
2o7.3The Kanji Dictionary
8022.1Four corner code
943deroo
524dUnicode hex code
1-33-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
595Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
490New Nelson (John Haig)
2266New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2819Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
290Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
38A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
921Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
139Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2011XMorohashi
159A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
47Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102sakade
23Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
177henshall3
182Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
53crowley
29Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
196Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
296Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian2Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
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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