JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2
宵

Meaning

Kanji 宵

wee hours

wee hours, evening, early night

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
よい
Onyomi 音読み
ショウ
Nanori 名乗り
-

Variant: 𣆺 (Itaiji) • Added to Jōyō: 1981

Jōyō
-
JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#2262
Strokes
10
Radical
宀
Components
宀 • 尚 • 月
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji
消 • 削 • 梢 • 硝 • 肖 • 俏 • 哨

Related vocabulary

27 common entries

Showing 27 of 29 entries that include this kanji.

宵

よい

evening

宵っぱり

よいっぱり

to stay up late

宵の口

よいのくち

nightfall

宵の明星

よいのみょうじょう

evening star

宵闇

よいやみ

dusk

宵越し

よいごし

(kept) overnight

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

宵月

よいづき

evening moon

宵祭り

よいまつり

small festival held the night before the main festival

宵山

よいやま

small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)

宵寝

よいね

going to bed early

宵積み

よいづみ

goods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

宵の口はまだ明るい。

It is still light in the early evening.

宵闇の中に星が輝いている。

Stars are shining in the evening twilight.

祭りの宵を静かに待つ。

Quietly waiting for the eve of the festival.

夏の宵は短く感じる。

Summer evenings feel short.

彼は宵っ張りの朝寝坊だ。

He is a night owl who sleeps late in the morning.