漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
宵: wee hours, evening
Also: early night
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
宀 carries the meaning · 肖 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 春宵しゅんしょうspring evening
よいyoi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 宵よいevening; early night hours
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 今宵こよいthis evening; tonight
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
肖
Also built on resemblance (肖)
宵 takes the 肖 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side宵 wee hours · 宀
vs消 extinguish · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiāo
Same form: 宵 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 宵 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 宵 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiāo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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