Kiokun Logo
虹
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

rainbow

HSK 7 N1
Nature →Animals →Insects
hóng, jiàng
コウ
にじ
홍, 강
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 工 work =
虹 rainbow
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
工 Phonetic component
gōng work
labor, work
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)虿 a (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
虹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
虹 [hóng]
rainbow
Japanese
二次 、 ２次 にじ 同音

adj-no

  1. second
  2. abbrev. fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional (also written as 虹)

adj-f

  1. secondary
  2. mathematics quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
虹 、 霓 (rare) にじ 同音
noun rainbow
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
この本は主に二次喫煙の影響について書いてある。
This book is chiefly concerned with the effects of secondhand smoking.
虹は自然現象である。
A rainbow is a natural phenomenon.
Japanese Names
虹 いりす
Irisu female given name
虹 ぐ
Gu surname
虹 こう
Kō female given name
虹 こうしょう
Kōshou unclassified name
虹 こうじ
Kōji unclassified name
虹 こうそう
Kōsou unclassified name
虹 なな
Nana female given name
虹 ななえ
Nanae female given name
虹 にじ
Niji female given namesurname
虹 らむ
Ramu female given name
虹 れいん
Rein female given name
CHINESE WORDS (34)
彩虹 [cǎi​hóng] #6,126
rainbow
长虹 [Cháng​hóng] #8,951
Changhong (brand)
长虹 [Cháng​hóng] #8,951
Changhong (brand)
虹膜 [hóng​mó] #29,690
iris (of an eye)
霓虹灯 [ní​hóng​dēng] #24,442
neon lamp (loanword)
霓虹灯 [ní​hóng​dēng] #24,442
neon lamp (loanword)
虹桥 [Hóng​qiáo] #20,530
Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin
虹桥 [Hóng​qiáo] #20,530
Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin
霓虹 [ní​hóng] #64,982
rainbow
虹桥机场 [Hóng​qiáo​jī​chǎng] #30,518
Hongqiao Airport (Shanghai)
24 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (22)
⭐ 二次 [にじ] #9,786
second
⭐ 虹 [にじ] #9,786
rainbow
虹色 [にじいろ] #14,015
rainbow-colored
虹彩 [こうさい] #33,328
iris
白虹 [はっこう] #108,917
white rainbow
月虹 [げっこう] #114,574
moonbow
虹彩異色症 [こうさいいしょくしょう] #165,122
heterochromia iridis
虹鱒 [にじます] #181,039
rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
主虹 [しゅにじ] #203,556
primary rainbow
副虹 [ふくにじ] #212,937
secondary rainbow
12 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
홍채
iris