宵 = 宀 + 肖

宵 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “night”. It is built from 宀 (roof) and 肖 (look like).

Keyword: night
Pinyin (Mandarin): xiāo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: night, evening, dark, вечер, ночь, темнота, evening, dark
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 宵 wee hours

Decomposition

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宀 roof
肖 look like

How to find 宵 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “roof” + “look like”. 宵 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 宵 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.