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Morning, Afternoon, Night Kanji

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Learning the time of day I found that 朝 or あさ means morning, 昼 or ひる means afternoon, and 晚 I expected to be night but Google translate is saying it's moth for some reason. Does this 晚 only mean night when paired with certain characters?

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Learning the time of day I found that 朝 or あさ means morning, 昼 or ひる means afternoon, and 晚 I expected to be night but Google translate is saying it's moth for some reason. Does this 晚 only mean night when paired with certain characters?

kanji time

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Learning the time of day I found that 朝 or あさ means morning, 昼 or ひる means afternoon, and 晚 I expected to be night but Google translate is saying it's moth for some reason. Does this 晚 only mean night when paired with certain characters?

kanji time

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Google Translate, and indeed just about any machine translation engine, is still often shit for the Japanese ↔ English language pair. Do not rely on Google Translate to learn another language, especially when looking at a single word.

Here are some time-of-day terms:

• 朝【あさ】 = "morning"


• 昼【ひる】 = "day, afternoon"


• 晩【ばん】 = "evening"


• 夜【よる】 = "late evening, night"

See also this recent post: What's the difference among 夜中, 真夜中 and 夜?

PS: For what it's worth, the actual word for "moth" is 蛾【が】. I recommend that you use any of various online dictionaries when exploring a single word. Here are some freebies:

• Weblio Japanese ↔ English


• 
  Kotobank (geared for native Japanese readers, but still offering some Japanese ↔ English content)


• 
  Jisho.org (sometimes a bit dodgy, make sure to cross-check)


• 
  Wiktionary (full disclosure: I've helped edit a lot of the Japanese entries)

Digression, and example of the perils of machine translation

The original post included the kanji 晚, technically Unicode codepoint 665A.

The above is the 旧【きゅう】字【じ】体【たい】 or "old form" of the 新【しん】字【じ】体【たい】 or "new form" kanji 晩, technically Unicode codepoint 6669.

Google Translate (mostly) correctly translates the shinjitai kanji as "night".

However, even though the kyūjitai character has the same meaning, Google mistranslates this as "moth" if the source language is set to Japanese.

When auto-detected, Google [on my machine, anyway] identifies this as Chinese and translates it as "late".

Truly, caveat usuarius.

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Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi

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  That's a great point, in seeing that more and more these generic translation services fail as you learn more. I've used Jisho! Going to use that over the translation apps from now on.
  
  – Greg Degruy
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  Why do you consider jisho.org to sometimes be "a bit dodgy"?
  
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  @HansPeter, I've run into various cases over the years where an entry at Jisho.org was misleading. See for instance the discussion at the 唵 entry on Wiktionary.
  
  – Eiríkr Útlendi
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  @Leebo -- aha, it's doing it for the alternative-form kyūjitai kanji 晚.
  
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  @EiríkrÚtlendi If you copy the image onto your clipboard, you can just paste it into your answer. (or upload it).
  
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5

Google Translate, and indeed just about any machine translation engine, is still often shit for the Japanese ↔ English language pair. Do not rely on Google Translate to learn another language, especially when looking at a single word.

Here are some time-of-day terms:

• 朝【あさ】 = "morning"


• 昼【ひる】 = "day, afternoon"


• 晩【ばん】 = "evening"


• 夜【よる】 = "late evening, night"

See also this recent post: What's the difference among 夜中, 真夜中 and 夜?

PS: For what it's worth, the actual word for "moth" is 蛾【が】. I recommend that you use any of various online dictionaries when exploring a single word. Here are some freebies:

• Weblio Japanese ↔ English


• 
  Kotobank (geared for native Japanese readers, but still offering some Japanese ↔ English content)


• 
  Jisho.org (sometimes a bit dodgy, make sure to cross-check)


• 
  Wiktionary (full disclosure: I've helped edit a lot of the Japanese entries)

Digression, and example of the perils of machine translation

The original post included the kanji 晚, technically Unicode codepoint 665A.

The above is the 旧【きゅう】字【じ】体【たい】 or "old form" of the 新【しん】字【じ】体【たい】 or "new form" kanji 晩, technically Unicode codepoint 6669.

Google Translate (mostly) correctly translates the shinjitai kanji as "night".

However, even though the kyūjitai character has the same meaning, Google mistranslates this as "moth" if the source language is set to Japanese.

When auto-detected, Google [on my machine, anyway] identifies this as Chinese and translates it as "late".

Truly, caveat usuarius.

share|improve this answer

edited 37 mins ago

answered 6 hours ago

Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi

18.3k13263

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That's a great point, in seeing that more and more these generic translation services fail as you learn more. I've used Jisho! Going to use that over the translation apps from now on.
  
  – Greg Degruy
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Why do you consider jisho.org to sometimes be "a bit dodgy"?
  
  – Hans Peter
  5 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @HansPeter, I've run into various cases over the years where an entry at Jisho.org was misleading. See for instance the discussion at the 唵 entry on Wiktionary.
  
  – Eiríkr Útlendi
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Leebo -- aha, it's doing it for the alternative-form kyūjitai kanji 晚.
  
  – Eiríkr Útlendi
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @EiríkrÚtlendi If you copy the image onto your clipboard, you can just paste it into your answer. (or upload it).
  
  – Ringil
  51 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 6 more comments

5

Google Translate, and indeed just about any machine translation engine, is still often shit for the Japanese ↔ English language pair. Do not rely on Google Translate to learn another language, especially when looking at a single word.

Here are some time-of-day terms:

• 朝【あさ】 = "morning"


• 昼【ひる】 = "day, afternoon"


• 晩【ばん】 = "evening"


• 夜【よる】 = "late evening, night"

See also this recent post: What's the difference among 夜中, 真夜中 and 夜?

PS: For what it's worth, the actual word for "moth" is 蛾【が】. I recommend that you use any of various online dictionaries when exploring a single word. Here are some freebies:

• Weblio Japanese ↔ English


• 
  Kotobank (geared for native Japanese readers, but still offering some Japanese ↔ English content)


• 
  Jisho.org (sometimes a bit dodgy, make sure to cross-check)


• 
  Wiktionary (full disclosure: I've helped edit a lot of the Japanese entries)

Digression, and example of the perils of machine translation

The original post included the kanji 晚, technically Unicode codepoint 665A.

The above is the 旧【きゅう】字【じ】体【たい】 or "old form" of the 新【しん】字【じ】体【たい】 or "new form" kanji 晩, technically Unicode codepoint 6669.

Google Translate (mostly) correctly translates the shinjitai kanji as "night".

However, even though the kyūjitai character has the same meaning, Google mistranslates this as "moth" if the source language is set to Japanese.

When auto-detected, Google [on my machine, anyway] identifies this as Chinese and translates it as "late".

Truly, caveat usuarius.

share|improve this answer

edited 37 mins ago

answered 6 hours ago

Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi

18.3k13263

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That's a great point, in seeing that more and more these generic translation services fail as you learn more. I've used Jisho! Going to use that over the translation apps from now on.
  
  – Greg Degruy
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Why do you consider jisho.org to sometimes be "a bit dodgy"?
  
  – Hans Peter
  5 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @HansPeter, I've run into various cases over the years where an entry at Jisho.org was misleading. See for instance the discussion at the 唵 entry on Wiktionary.
  
  – Eiríkr Útlendi
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Leebo -- aha, it's doing it for the alternative-form kyūjitai kanji 晚.
  
  – Eiríkr Útlendi
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @EiríkrÚtlendi If you copy the image onto your clipboard, you can just paste it into your answer. (or upload it).
  
  – Ringil
  51 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 6 more comments

Google Translate, and indeed just about any machine translation engine, is still often shit for the Japanese ↔ English language pair. Do not rely on Google Translate to learn another language, especially when looking at a single word.

Here are some time-of-day terms:

• 朝【あさ】 = "morning"


• 昼【ひる】 = "day, afternoon"


• 晩【ばん】 = "evening"


• 夜【よる】 = "late evening, night"

See also this recent post: What's the difference among 夜中, 真夜中 and 夜?

PS: For what it's worth, the actual word for "moth" is 蛾【が】. I recommend that you use any of various online dictionaries when exploring a single word. Here are some freebies:

• Weblio Japanese ↔ English


• 
  Kotobank (geared for native Japanese readers, but still offering some Japanese ↔ English content)


• 
  Jisho.org (sometimes a bit dodgy, make sure to cross-check)


• 
  Wiktionary (full disclosure: I've helped edit a lot of the Japanese entries)

Digression, and example of the perils of machine translation

The original post included the kanji 晚, technically Unicode codepoint 665A.

The above is the 旧【きゅう】字【じ】体【たい】 or "old form" of the 新【しん】字【じ】体【たい】 or "new form" kanji 晩, technically Unicode codepoint 6669.

Google Translate (mostly) correctly translates the shinjitai kanji as "night".

However, even though the kyūjitai character has the same meaning, Google mistranslates this as "moth" if the source language is set to Japanese.

When auto-detected, Google [on my machine, anyway] identifies this as Chinese and translates it as "late".

Truly, caveat usuarius.

share|improve this answer

edited 37 mins ago

answered 6 hours ago

Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi

18.3k13263

share|improve this answer

edited 37 mins ago

answered 6 hours ago

Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi

18.3k13263

answered 6 hours ago

Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi

18.3k13263

answered 6 hours ago

Eiríkr ÚtlendiEiríkr Útlendi

18.3k13263