宵
宵

wee hours, evening, early night

10 strokesFrequency 2,262JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ショウ

Kun

よい

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

early night hoursearly evening hours

Constituents

宀house
小little
小small
月flesh
月month
月moon
月part of the body
肖candle
肖resemblance
肖spark

Mnemonic Stories

As the early night hours approach, I prepare for night by lighting a candle in my house.

Think of when you'd be using a candle in your house: not at the middle of the night (you're sleeping), not in the morning or day (there's the sun), but in the early evening / evening (when there's not enough light to see).

Dictionary

Common Words

今宵こよいNounAdverbFreq #9656
1

this evening; tonight

Examples
今宵、奈落の王が復活する。
Tonight, the King of Hell returns.
宵よいNounFreq #19846
1

evening; early night hours

宵闇よいやみNounFreq #25124
1

dusk; twilight

Examples
いよいよ薄暮、もうすぐ宵闇。
It's getting more and more shadowy, soon it will be twilight.
宵の口よいのくちNounExpressionFreq #49046
1

nightfall; early evening

Examples
まだ宵の口だ。
The night is still young.
宵月よいづきNounFreq #76061
1

evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month)

宵越しよいごしNounFreq #76264
1

(kept) overnight

宵の明星よいのみょうじょうNounExpressionFreq #81212
1

evening star; Vesper; Hesperus; Venus in the evening sky

Examples
私たちはそれを宵の明星と呼ぶ。
We call it the Evening Star.
宵山よいやまNounFreq #84687
1

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

一宵いっしょうNounArchaicFreq #86336
1

one evening; one night

徹宵てっしょうNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #97865
1

all night; without sleep

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