夜
night
- 亠lid
- 亻person
- 夕evening
- kun
- よるyoruよyo
- on
- ヤya
mnemonic
Under a LID (亠) of darkness, a PERSON (亻) walks through the EVENING (夕) into the NIGHT. "Ya" (ヤ) as in yakan, nighttime, and kon'ya, tonight.
examples
- 夜よるyorunight
- 今夜こんやkon'yatonight
- 夜中よなかyonakamiddle of the night