night

= + : When the Little Prince (肖) got his graduation cap (宀) he partied with Marie Curie (xi) all night (宵), and he woke up the next day in front of the aorta (ao1).

宵 character breakdown

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀). Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to go to the anthill after her graduation from university. In the anthill's kitchen (an2), her friends snatch away her graduation cap (宀), and instead put a cooking top (冖) and a petal leaf (丶) on her head.
surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]
similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like

= + : The aloe vera on the moon resembles the rose on the little prince's planet. Thus I'll represent this character by the little prince.

In the aorta's bathroom, the little prince misses his asteroid and his rose so much. To comfort him, Marie Curie gives him a moon and an aloe vera to remind him of home.

Characters with 宵 as component

宵 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 宵

night curfew
midnight snack
erhua variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1]
midnight snack / late-night snack
thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain
night journey / punitive expedition by night
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

Sentences with 宵

宵 currently does not appear in any sentence.