Chinese Character 宵 Meanings and components.

Form

宵

Meaning

宵 meaning[3] in English

Night.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 宵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and surname Xiao (肖)

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JFB

How to write 宵

To write宵xiao1night you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 肖xiao4surname Xiao arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 肖 = 宵

宵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 宵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 宵, looks as follow:

宵
Pinyin:xiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Night
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
肖
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiao . Taiwan Pr. [Xiao4]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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