宵 — kanji meaning “wee hours”
宵
wee hours, evening, early night
- Meanings
- wee hours, evening, early night
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- よい
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2262 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 40
- Chinese reading
- xiāo — Chinese character page
Words with 宵
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今宵 | こよい koyoi | this evening; tonight |
| 宵闇 | よいやみ yoiyami | dusk; twilight |
| 宵越し | よいごし yoigoshi | (kept) overnight |
| 宵の口 | よいのくち yoinokuchi | nightfall; early evening |
| 宵山 | よいやま yoiyama | small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) |
| 元宵 | げんしょう genshou | night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar |
| 宵祭り | よいまつり yoimatsuri | small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival |
| 春宵 | しゅんしょう shunshou | spring evening |
| 宵待草 | よいまちぐさ yoimachigusa | evening primrose |
| 徹宵 | てっしょう tesshou | all night; without sleep |
| 半宵 | はんしょう hanshou | midnight |
| 宵っぱり | よいっぱり yoippari | night owl; nighthawk; late bird |
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