xiāo
night
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 宵
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
all night | ||
night curfew | ||
midnight snack | ||
night | ||
midnight snack |
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