千夜

千夜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	夜
ち Grade: 1	よ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

千 (“thousand”) +‎ 夜 (“night”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ち​よ [chíꜜyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕijo̞]

Noun

千(ち)夜(よ) • (chiyo) 

1. (collective, literally) a thousand nights
2. (archaic, figuratively, collective) lots of nights; an innumerable number of nights

See also

• 千(せん)夜(や)一(いち)夜(や)物(もの)語(がたり) (Sen'ya Ichiya Monogatari)

Proper noun

千(ち)夜(よ) • (Chiyo) 

1. A female given name