宵
Stroke Order
Meanings
- wee hours
- evening
- early night
On'yomi (音読み)
- ショウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- よい
- Strokes
- 10
- JLPT Level
- N1
- Frequency
- #2310
- School Grade
- Secondary
- Radical
- 宀#40 · roof
Components
- 月
- ⺌
- 宀
Common Words
- 今宵こよいNounthis evening, tonight
- 宵寝よいねNoungoing to bed early
- 宵闇よいやみNoundusk, twilight
- 宵山よいやまNounsmall festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
- 宵月よいづきNounevening 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Expressionnightfall, early evening
- 宵越しよいごしNoun(kept) overnight
- 宵積みよいづみNoungoods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning
Practice in Kanjiru
Write 宵 by hand (opens in new tab)Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)