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霓
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variegated

HSK 10
Nature →Weather
ní
ゲイ
にじ
예, 역
The child 兒 of a rain cloud 雨
Components
雨 rain+ 兒 youngster =
霓 variegated
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
兒 Meaning component
youngster
Notes
Similar Characters
屚 to leak雷 thunder需 need电 electric (simp)雩 offer sacrifice for rain雪 snow雯 cloud patterns雲 cloud (trad/jp)雳 crashing (simp)零 zero雹 hail電 electricity (trad/jp)雾 mist (simp)霁 to clear up after rain (simp)霂 fine霄 sky霅 thunder霆 a sudden peal of thunder震 quake霈 torrential rains
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
霓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
霓 [ní]
secondary rainbow
Japanese
虹 、 霓 (rare) にじ 同音
noun rainbow
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
虹は自然現象である。
A rainbow is a natural phenomenon.
CHINESE WORDS (11)
霓虹灯 [ní​hóng​dēng] #24,442
neon lamp (loanword)
霓虹灯 [ní​hóng​dēng] #24,442
neon lamp (loanword)
霓虹 [ní​hóng] #64,982
rainbow
霓裳 [Ní​cháng] #21,875
Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Ní​cháng​yǔ​yī​qū] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ní​cháng​yǔ​yī​wǔ]
大旱之望云霓 [dà​hàn​zhī​wàng​yún​ní]
see 大旱望雲霓|大旱望云霓[dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní]
大旱之望云霓 [dà​hàn​zhī​wàng​yún​ní]
see 大旱望雲霓|大旱望云霓[dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní]
大旱望云霓 [dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní]
lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
大旱望云霓 [dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní]
lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
大旱望霓 [dà​hàn​wàng​ní]
see 大旱望雲霓|大旱望云霓[dà​hàn​wàng​yún​ní]
霓虹国 [Ní​hóng​guó]
(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, "Nihon")
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
⭐ 虹 [にじ] #9,786
rainbow
虹霓 [こうげい]
rainbow