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    3. 宵

    宵

    宵よい

    wee hours

    N1KMT10Freq #2262Daily LifeKanji10 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    よい

    On'yomi

    ショウ

    wee hourseveningearly night

    宀肖

    宀
    冖
    ⺌
    小
    月

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    Concepts using this kanji

    宵

    evening

    一宵

    one evening

    宵月夜

    moonlit evening

    春宵一刻

    a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)

    名の無い星は宵から出る

    the worst goes foremost

    宵月

    evening moon

    大待宵草

    large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)

    宵山

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

    元宵

    night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

    宵の口

    nightfall

    半宵

    midnight

    春宵一刻値千金

    a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

    宵の明星

    evening star

    元宵節

    lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

    待宵草

    evening primrose

    宵待草

    evening primrose

    待宵

    night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come

    終宵

    all-night long

    春の宵

    spring evening

    春宵

    spring evening

    宵越しの銭は持たない

    spending a day's revenue within the day

    宵積み

    goods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning

    宵越し

    (kept) overnight

    徹宵

    all night

    宵寝

    going to bed early

    宵祭り

    small festival held the night before the main festival

    今宵

    this evening

    宵っぱり

    night owl

    宵闇

    dusk

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 冖
    • 宀
    • ⺌
    • 小
    • 月

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    • 今宵
    • 春宵
    • 宵
    • 宵の口
    • 宵越し
    • 徹宵
    • 半宵
    • 宵っぱり
    • 宵積み
    • 待宵草
    • 宵の明星
    • 終宵
    • 宵祭り
    • 宵寝
    • 宵闇
    • 宵待草
    • 春宵一刻
    • 大待宵草
    • 名の無い星は宵から出る
    • 待宵
    • 春の宵
    • 宵山
    • 一宵
    • 宵月
    • 宵越しの銭は持たない
    • 春宵一刻値千金
    • 元宵
    • 元宵節
    • 宵月夜

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    • 悄
    • 屑
    • 梢
    • 寵
    • 宸
    • 宥
    • 腕
    • 宦
    • 肖
    • 脊
    • 削
    • 峭

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