Kanji
宵
kanji character
wee hours
evening
early night
宵 kanji-宵 wee hours, evening, early night
宵
Meaning
wee hours evening and early night
Readings
Kun'yomi
- よい evening
- こ よい this evening
- よい まつり small festival held the night before the main festival
On'yomi
- しゅん しょう spring evening
- てっ しょう all night
- はん しょう midnight
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Common Words
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宵 evening, early night hours -
今 宵 this evening, tonight -
宵 宮 festival-eve vigil, eve of a festival vigil -
宵 祭 small festival held the night before the main festival, eve of a festival -
宵 寝 going to bed early, taking an afternoon nap -
宵 闇 dusk, twilight -
宵 山 small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) -
宵 月 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) -
春 宵 spring evening -
宵 の口 nightfall, early evening -
宵 越 し(kept) overnight -
徹 宵 all night, without sleep -
半 宵 midnight -
宵 っぱりnight owl, nighthawk, late bird... -
宵 積 みgoods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning -
終 宵 all-night long -
宵 祭 りsmall festival held the night before the main festival, eve of a festival -
待 宵 night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come, night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar -
元 宵 night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar -
宵 待 草 evening primrose -
宵 月 夜 moonlit evening -
宵 っ張 りnight owl, nighthawk, late bird... -
春 の宵 spring evening -
宵 の明 星 evening star, Vesper, Hesperus... -
待 宵 草 evening primrose, fragrant evening primrose (Oenothera stricta) -
元 宵 節 lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar -
大 待 宵 草 large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana) -
宵 越 しの銭 は持 たないspending a day's revenue within the day, being liberal with one's money -
名 の無 い星 は宵 から出 るthe worst goes foremost, those one eagerly await will not arrive first -
春 宵 一 刻 a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)