宵
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「宀」+音符「肖」。「よる」を意味する漢語｛宵｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
wee hours, evening, early night
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ショウHS
- Kun (native)
- よいJHS
- Other languages
- 拼音xiao1
- 한글so
- Hán-ViệtTiêu
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 10 strokes
- Radical
- 宀(うかんむり)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+5BB5
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱宀肖
Words using this kanji
- 宵よい日が沈んだ直後。evening, early night hours
- 宵寝よいねgoing to bed early, taking an afternoon nap
- 宵闇よいやみ宵、夕方の薄暗さ。 陰暦十五日以降の月が出るまでの間の暗さ。特に月の出が遅くなる陰暦十六日頃から二十日頃までの宵の暗さ。その時刻。中秋の名月を過ぎてからの宵の暗さ。dusk, twilight
- 宵山よいやまsmall festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
- 宵月よいづきevening moon, moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month)
- 宵の口よいのくちnightfall, early evening
- 宵越しよいごしある行為や状態が前夜から翌日まで持ち越すこと。(kept) overnight
- 宵積みよいづみgoods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning
- 宵祭りよいまつり祭礼で本祭の前夜に行われる祭り。宵宮。夜宮。small festival held the night before the main festival, eve of a festival
- 宵待草よいまちぐさevening primrose
- 宵月夜よいづきよmoonlit evening
- 宵っぱりよいっぱりnight owl, nighthawk, late bird, to stay up late
- 宵の明星よいのみょうじょう夕方に西の空に見える金星。evening star, Vesper, Hesperus
- 宵越しの銭は持たないよいごしのぜにはもたないspending a day's revenue within the day, being liberal with one's money
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-3-7- Four Corner
3022.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m7.7- Heisig
- 201
- Nelson
- 1307