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wee hours
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. wee hoursRtK
    今宵、奈落の王が復活する。Tonight, the King of Hell returns.tatoeba
    まだ宵の口だ。The night is still young.tatoeba
  2. evening
    私たちはそれを宵の明星と呼ぶ。We call it the Evening Star.tatoeba
  3. early night
  1. early night hours

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · resemblance · spark · candle · small (小) · little (小) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 201

Compound words

今宵こよい
this evening; tonight
春宵しゅんしょう
spring evening
宵宮よみや
festival-eve vigil
徹宵てっしょう
all night
半宵はんしょう
midnight
宵の口よいのくち
nightfall
宵越しよいごし
(kept) overnight
宵積みよいづみ
goods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning
宵っぱりよいっぱり
night owl
宵っ張りよいっぱり
night owl

Additional Examples

私もそうだが、ＩＴ業界には宵っ張りの人が多いに違いない。
I'm one too, and I'm sure there are lots of night-owls in the IT world.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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