Keyword
night
- evening
- darkness
- Frequency
- #2663
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
xiāo
Mnemonic
宀 (roof) gives the meaning and 肖 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
通宵
all night; throughout the night
元宵节
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
宵禁
night curfew
元宵
Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; sticky rice dumplings
宵
night
夜宵
midnight snack
宵夜
midnight snack; late-night snack
通宵达旦
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night
今宵
(literary) tonight
春宵
(literary) spring night; (fig.) wedding night; (fig.) night of sexual bliss
宵小
thief; bandit; scoundrel; villain
宵衣旰食
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom); diligently attending to official matters