The kanji 宵: meaning, readings and stroke order

宵

Meaning: early evening, night
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: よい yoi
Strokes: 10
Radical: 宀 roof
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chập tối, đêm (tiêu)
Japanese: ひがくれてまもないころ。よる。
Korean: 초저녁, 밤 (소)
Chinese: 傍晚、夜晚

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

徹てっ宵しょう
staying up all night
徹てっ宵しょうで準備しました。
We stayed up all night getting ready.

よい yoi · kun reading · less common

宵よい
early evening
宵よいの空に星が見えます。
Stars can be seen in the early evening sky.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.