虹
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Translingual
Han character
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虹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一 (LIM), four-corner 51110, composition ⿰虫工)
Derived characters
- 渱, 𬁅, 𫕩, 𬀒
References
- KangXi: page 1076, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32830
- Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2834, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8679
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 虹 | |
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alternative forms | 𧈫 𧈬 𧌫 𧍺 𧊋 𧈫 𧈬 𧌫 𧍺 𧊋 蝎 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 虹 | |
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Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
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Old Chinese | |
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缸 | *kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ |
篢 | *kluːmʔ, *koːŋ |
贑 | *kluːmʔ |
涳 | *ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
江 | *kroːŋ |
肛 | *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ |
扛 | *kroːŋ |
杠 | *kroːŋ |
豇 | *kroːŋ |
茳 | *kroːŋ |
釭 | *kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ |
矼 | *kroːŋ |
玒 | *kroːŋ, *koːŋ |
虹 | *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ |
腔 | *kʰroːŋ |
崆 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
羫 | *kʰroːŋ |
控 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
椌 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ |
悾 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
跫 | *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ |
啌 | *qʰroːŋ |
谾 | *qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ |
舡 | *qʰroːŋ |
缻 | *ɡroːŋ |
項 | *ɡroːŋʔ |
屸 | *ɡ·roːŋ |
功 | *koːŋ |
工 | *koːŋ |
疘 | *koːŋ |
魟 | *koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ |
攻 | *koːŋ, *kuːŋ |
愩 | *koːŋ |
碽 | *koːŋ |
貢 | *koːŋs |
羾 | *koːŋs |
空 | *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs |
箜 | *kʰoːŋ |
硿 | *kʰoːŋ |
埪 | *kʰoːŋ |
鵼 | *kʰoːŋ |
倥 | *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs |
鞚 | *kʰoːŋs |
叿 | *qʰoːŋ |
嗊 | *qʰoːŋʔ |
訌 | *ɡoːŋ |
紅 | *ɡoːŋ |
仜 | *ɡoːŋ |
葒 | *ɡoːŋ |
渱 | *ɡoːŋ |
鴻 | *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ |
汞 | *ɡoːŋʔ |
澒 | *ɡoːŋʔ |
鞏 | *koŋʔ |
巩 | *koŋʔ |
銎 | *kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ |
恐 | *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs |
蛩 | *ɡoŋ |
筇 | *ɡoŋ |
桏 | *ɡoŋ |
邛 | *ɡoŋ |
Originally pictographic (象形) in the oracle bone script. The ancient Chinese regarded the rainbow as a two-headed creature.
In the seal script, it has become a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ) : semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ).
Etymology
Probably non-Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Mien *kluŋᴬ (“rainbow”), Thai รุ้ง (rúng, “rainbow”), Zhuang duzdoengz (“rainbow”), saidoengz (“rainbow”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Benedict (1986) and Carr (1990) relate this to 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “dragon”) and 紅 (OC *ɡoːŋ, “red”).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
虹
- rainbow; primary rainbow (Classifier: 條/条 m; 道 m)
- 彩虹 ― cǎihóng ― rainbow
- 天上出虹了。 ― Tiānshàng chū jiàng le. ― There's a rainbow in the sky.
- (literary, figurative) bridge
Synonyms
- (rainbow):
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 虹, 螮蝀, 雩, 隮 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 彩虹, 虹 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 虹 |
Taiwan | 彩虹 | |
Tianjin | 虹 | |
Langfang | 虹 | |
Tangshan | 虹 | |
Cangzhou | 虹 | |
Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 彩虹, 虹 | |
Baoding | 虹 | |
Shijiazhuang | 虹 | |
Daming | 虹 | |
Ulanhot | 七彩虹 | |
Tongliao | 彩虹 | |
Chifeng | 虹 | |
Bayanhot | 彩虹, 虹 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 彩虹 | |
Harbin | 虹 | |
Wuchang (Yingchengzi) | 虹 | |
Shenyang | 虹 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 虹 | |
Qingdao | 虹 | |
Rizhao | 虹 | |
Jinan | 虹 | |
Luoyang | 虹 | |
Wanrong | 虹 | |
Zhengzhou | 虹 | |
Kaifeng | 虹 | |
Ankang | 虹 | |
Ankang (Xianhe) | 虹 | |
Baihe (Maoping) | 虹 | |
Shiquan | 虹 | |
Ziyang | 虹 | |
Xi'an | 虹 | |
Dingbian | 彩虹 | |
Yinchuan | 虹 | |
Yongning (Najiahu) | 虹 | |
Wuzhong | 虹 | |
Yanchi | 虹 | |
Tongxin | 虹 | |
Zhongwei | 虹 | |
Guyuan | 虹 | |
Longde | 虹 | |
Jingyuan | 虹 | |
Lanzhou | 虹 | |
Xining | 虹 | |
Ürümqi | 虹 | |
Ürümqi (Xigou) | 彩虹 | |
Ürümqi (Changshanzi) | 虹 | |
Yanqi | 虹 | |
Wuhan | 虹 | |
Huanggang | 虹 | |
Hong'an | 虹 | |
Chengdu | 虹, 天橋, 彩虹, 天龍 | |
Chengdu (Xindu) | 虹 | |
Muli | 虹 | |
Guiyang | 虹 | |
Kunming | 虹 | |
Guilin | 虹, 彩虹 | |
Guilin (Lingui) | 虹 | |
Pingle | 龍虹, 彩虹 | |
Liuzhou | 虹, 彩虹 | |
Liuzhou (Luorong) | 虹 | |
Luzhai | 彩虹 | |
Nanning (Wuming) | 彩虹 | |
Yizhou | 龍虹 | |
Luocheng (Dongmen) | 龍虹 dated, 彩虹 | |
Tianlin (Langping) | 虹 | |
Tianlin (Pingtang) | 虹 | |
Xiangzhou (Nalu) | 虹槓東 | |
Xuzhou | 虹 | |
Yangzhou | 虹 | |
Nanjing | 虹 | |
Hefei | 虹 | |
Chuzhou | 虹 | |
Nantong | 鱟, 虹 | |
Qimen (Anling Junhua) | 虹 | |
Jiangshan (Nianbadu) | 虹 | |
Kaihua (Huabu) | 虹 | |
Yushan (Huaiyu) | 虹 | |
Singapore | 彩虹 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 虹 | |
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 虹 | |
Kokang | 虹吃水, 龍虹 | |
Dagudi (Maliba) | 彩虹 | |
Reshuitang (Longling) | 老虹 | |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老虹, 彩虹 | |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老虹 | |
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 虹 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 虹, 天虹, 龍拱 |
Hong Kong | 彩虹, 天虹 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 天弓 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 虹 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 天弓 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 天虹 | |
Macau | 虹 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 虹 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 龍 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 龍虹 | |
Foshan | 鑊耳龍 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 龍 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 拱篷 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 鑊耳龍 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 龍 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 虹拱 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 播虹 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 龍孔 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 龍孔 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 叫虹 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鑊耳, 水拱 | |
Taishan | 鑊耳, 水虹 | |
Taishan (Guanghai) | 龍生水, 鑊耳虹, 彩虹 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 鑊耳龍, 水拱 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 鑊耳龍 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 虹 | |
Dongguan | 虹 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 虹 | |
Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 天弓 | |
Qingyuan | 虹 | |
Fogang | 虹, 龍 | |
Yingde (Hanguang) | 天弓 | |
Yangshan | 虹 | |
Lianshan (Butian) | 汗龍 | |
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 天虹 | |
Shaoguan | 虹 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 虹 | |
Renhua | 天虹 | |
Lechang | 天虹 | |
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 龍 | |
Sihui | 龍 | |
Guangning | 龍 | |
Deqing | 龍 | |
Huaiji | 虹 | |
Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 旱龍 | |
Yunfu | 龍 | |
Xinxing | 龍 | |
Yunan (Pingtai) | 龍 | |
Yangjiang | 破篷 | |
Xinyi | 湴更 | |
Lianjiang | 虹 | |
Nanning | 虹, 雙虹 | |
Nanning (Tanka) | 彩虹 | |
Wuzhou | 彩虹 | |
Yulin | 龐虹 | |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 天虹, 虹 | |
Hepu (Shatian) | 拱 | |
Guiping | 虹 | |
Guiping (Jintian) | 虹 | |
Guiping (Jiangkou) | 虹, 彩虹 | |
Guiping (Madong) | 龐虹 | |
Pingnan (Danzhu) | 龍 | |
Mengshan (Xihe) | 龍 | |
Guigang (Nanjiang) | 虹 | |
Beiliu | 湴界, 彩虹 | |
Beiliu (Tangliao) | 虹 | |
Baise | 虹, 雙虹 | |
Bobai | 虹 | |
Lingshan | 龐虹 | |
Pubei | 龐虹 | |
Qinzhou | 天虹, 虹, 彩虹 | |
Qinzhou (Xiaodong) | 龐虹 | |
Qinzhou (Changtan) | 龐虹 | |
Qinzhou (Nasi) | 龐虹 | |
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 虹 | |
Beihai | 天虹, 天橋 | |
Beihai (Nankang) | 拱 | |
Beihai (Yingpan) | 拱 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 拱 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 篷拱 | |
Ningming | 虹 | |
Hezhou (Pumen) | 虹 | |
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 天弓 | |
Chongzuo (Laituan) | 天虹 | |
Fusui (Qujiu) | 蛤筒食水 | |
Lingchuan (Yangjia) | 龍虹 | |
Pingle (Majia) | 彩虹 | |
Pingle (Shuishan) | 虹 | |
Danzhou | 天虹 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 彩虹, 彩龍 | |
Sarikei (Xinhui) | 龍拱 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 彩虹 | |
Móng Cái | 天弓 | |
Yangon (Taishan) | 虹 | |
Mandalay (Taishan) | 鑊耳虹 | |
Bangkok (Guangfu) | 虹 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 虹 |
Pengze | 虹 | |
Yanshan | 虹 | |
Lichuan | 天虹, 天吊, 虹 | |
Pingxiang | 虹 | |
Guixi | 虹 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 天弓 |
Xingning | 天弓 | |
Fengshun (Liuhuang) | 彩虹 | |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 彩虹 | |
Huidong (Daling) | 天弓 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 天弓 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 天弓 | |
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 天弓 | |
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 天弓食水 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 虹 | |
Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 天弓 | |
Wuhua (Huacheng) | 天弓 | |
Wuhua (Changbu) | 天弓 | |
Wuhua (Mianyang) | 天弓 | |
Heyuan (Bendihua) | 虹 | |
Zijin | 天弓 | |
Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 虹 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 天弓 | |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 龍 | |
Liannan | 天虹 | |
Conghua (Lütian) | 虹 | |
Jiexi | 弓 | |
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 虹 | |
Changting | 虹 | |
Wuping | 天弓 | |
Wuping (Yanqian) | 天弓 | |
Wuping (Pingyu) | 天弓 | |
Liancheng | 虹 | |
Liancheng (Peitian) | 天門神 | |
Ninghua | 虹 | |
Yudu | 虹 | |
Ningdu | 虹 | |
Ruijin | 虹 | |
Shicheng | 虹 | |
Shangyou (Shexi) | 虹 | |
Tonggu (Sandu) | 天虹 | |
Ganzhou (Panlong) | 虹 | |
Dayu | 虹 | |
Taoyuan | 天弓 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 天弓, 虹 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 天弓 | |
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 天弓 | |
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 天弓 | |
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 天弓 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 虹 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 天弓 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 虹 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 虹 | |
Hong Kong | 天弓 | |
Mengshan (Xihe) | 虹 | |
Luchuan | 天公虹 | |
Luchuan (Daqiao) | 天公降水 | |
Bobai (Shahe) | 天弓 | |
Bobai (Longtan) | 天弓 | |
Bobai (Lingping) | 天弓 | |
Beiliu (Tang'an) | 天公食水 | |
Beiliu (Gonghe) | 天弓 | |
Xingye (Gaofeng) | 天弓 | |
Mashan (Pianlian) | 天公食水 | |
Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 虹 | |
Lipu (Shuangduitun) | 彩虹 | |
Lipu (Dashigu) | 彩虹, 月龍 | |
Pingle (Tong'an) | 彩龍 | |
Guidong | 天虹 | |
Chengdu (Longtan) | 天弓 | |
Chengdu (Shiling) | 天弓 | |
Chengdu (Longwang) | 天弓 | |
Chengdu (Shibantan) | 天弓 | |
Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) | 天弓, 虹 | |
Sabah (Longchuan) | 天弓 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 天弓, 彩虹 | |
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 弓 | |
Singkawang | 天弓 | |
Pontianak (Meixian) | 天弓 | |
Medan (Metal - Meixian) | 彩虹 | |
Singapore (Meixian) | 天弓 | |
Singapore (Dabu) | 彩虹 | |
Bangkok (Meixian) | 彩虹, 天弓 | |
Bangkok (Jiexi) | 弓 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 日頭紅虹, 虹 |
Shexian | 虹, 彩虹 | |
Shexian (Xianggao) | 虹 | |
Shexian (Daguyun) | 虹 | |
Tunxi | 虹 | |
Yixian | 虹 | |
Qimen | 虹 | |
Qimen (Anling Minhua) | 虹 | |
Wuyuan | 虹 | |
Fuliang | 虹 | |
Dexing | 彩虹 | |
Shitai (Xianyu) | 虹 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 虹 |
Pingyao | 虹 | |
Datong | 虹 | |
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 虹 | |
Xinzhou | 虹 | |
Changzhi | 虹 | |
Taibus (Baochang) | 虹 | |
Linhe | 虹 | |
Jining | 虹 | |
Hohhot | 虹 | |
Baotou | 虹 | |
Dongsheng | 虹 | |
Haibowan | 虹 | |
Zhangjiakou | 虹 | |
Handan | 虹 | |
Jiuxing Yumin | Jiande | 鱟 |
Jinhua | 鱟 | |
Lanxi | 鱟 | |
Tunxi | 虹 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 虹 |
Jian'ou (Dikou) | 虹 | |
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 虹 | |
Pucheng (Shibei) | 虹, 攔溪仔 dated | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 虹 |
Fuqing | 虹 | |
Gutian | 虹 | |
Shouning | 虹 | |
Matsu | 虹 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 虹 |
Quanzhou | 虹 | |
Jinjiang | 虹 | |
Yongchun | 虹 | |
Zhangzhou | 虹 | |
Hua'an | 虹 | |
Dongshan | 虹 | |
Taipei | 虹 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 虹 | |
Kaohsiung | 虹 | |
Yilan | 虹 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 虹 | |
Taichung | 虹 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 虹 | |
Tainan | 虹 | |
Taitung | 虹 | |
Hsinchu | 虹 | |
Kinmen | 虹 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 虹 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 虹 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 虹 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 彩虹 | |
Zhangping (Yongfu) | 天虹 | |
Pingnan (Shangdu) | 虹 | |
Pingnan (Pingtian) | 虹 | |
Pingnan (Sijie) | 虹 | |
Guiping (Xiaowen) | 虹, 彩虹 | |
Guiping (Dongsheng) | 發紅雲 | |
Guilin (Biyange) | 龍公 | |
Pingle (Zhoutang) | 龍, 天橋 | |
Lechang (Tatou) | 天虹 | |
Renhua (Changshabei) | 天虹 | |
Yingde (Yuzui) | 虹 | |
Yunan (Liantan) | 龍, 虹 | |
Yuhuan (Kanmen) | 虹 | |
Chaozhou | 虹 | |
Shantou | 虹 | |
Shantou (Chenghai) | 虹 | |
Shantou (Chaoyang) | 虹, 彩虹 | |
Jieyang | 虹 | |
Haifeng | 虹 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 虹 | |
Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 彩虹 | |
Hat Yai (Teochew) | 虹 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 虹 | |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 虹 | |
Leizhou | 虹 | |
Wenchang | 虹 | |
Haikou | 虹 | |
Wanning | 虹 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 虹 |
Putian (Donghai) | 虹 | |
Putian (Jiangkou) | 虹 | |
Putian (Nanri) | 虹 | |
Xianyou | 虹 | |
Xianyou (Fengting) | 虹 | |
Xianyou (Youyang) | 虹 | |
Fuding (Aoyao) | 虹 | |
Min Zhong | Yong'an | 虹 |
Sanyuan | 虹 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 播虹 |
Sanxiang | 跨篷 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 虹 |
Nanning (Shajing) | 虹 | |
Nanning (Gejiayuan) | 虹 | |
Nanning (Zhegulu) | 虹, 拱橋 | |
Nanning (Silian) | 虹, 天虹 | |
Nanning (Xiuxiang) | 虹 | |
Nanning (Sucun) | 虹, 幹筒 | |
Binyang | 虹, 龍虹 | |
Binyang (Xinqiao) | 虹 | |
Hengxian (Baihe) | 龐虹 | |
Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 虹 |
Guilin (Chaoyang) | 虹 | |
Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 虹 | |
Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 虹 | |
Guilin (Dabu) | 雨界 | |
Guilin (Yangjia) | 龍 | |
Guilin (Qianjing) | 雨虹 | |
Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 江東龍, 龍虹 | |
Guilin (Huangsha, Lingui) | 龍虹 | |
Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui) | 天龍, 彩圈 | |
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 虹 | |
Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 虹 | |
Lingchuan (Gaoqiao) | 虹 | |
Lingchuan (Gudong) | 龍虹 | |
Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 虹 | |
Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 彩虹, 虹 | |
Lingchuan (Gongping) | 龍虹 | |
Guanyang (Guanyinge) | 龍虹 | |
Pingle (Zhangjia) | 虹 | |
Yangshuo (Putao) | 雨虹 | |
Liucheng (Yangmei) | 虹 | |
Luocheng (Niubi) | 長虹 | |
Shehua | Ningde | 蛟龍 |
Fu'an | 蛟龍 | |
Fuding | 蛟龍 | |
Zhouning | 蛟龍 | |
Xiapu | 蛟龍 | |
Shouning | 虹 | |
Gutian | 蛟龍 | |
Luoyuan | 蛟龍 | |
Sanming | 蛟龍 | |
Shunchang | 蛟龍 | |
Hua'an | 蛟龍 | |
Guixi (Zhangping) | 蛟龍 | |
Yanshan (Taiyuan) | 蛟龍 | |
Cangnan | 蛟龍 | |
Jingning | 蛟龍 | |
Lishui | 蛟龍 | |
Longyou | 蛟龍 | |
Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 蛟龍 | |
Chaozhou | 蛟龍 | |
Fengshun | 蛟龍 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 虹, 彩虹, 鱟 dated |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 鱟 | |
Suzhou | 鱟, 彩虹, 虹 | |
Wuxi | 彩虹, 虹, 鱟 | |
Danyang | 虹 | |
Hangzhou | 鱟, 彩虹 | |
Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 鱟 | |
Ningbo | 鱟, 虹 | |
Linhai | 鱟 | |
Yuhuan (Damaiyu) | 鱟 | |
Yuhuan (Chumen) | 鱟 | |
Wenzhou | 鱟 | |
Songyang (Gushi) | 鱟 | |
Longquan | 鱟 | |
Jinhua | 鱟, 彩虹 | |
Jinhua (Tangxi) | 熯 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 虹 |
Xiangtan | 虹 | |
Xiangxiang | 虹 | |
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 彩虹 | |
Loudi | 虹 | |
Shuangfeng | 虹 | |
Hengshan | 虹, 雲虹 | |
Hengshan (Baiguo) | 斗雨 | |
Jiangyong | 蟲 | |
Quanzhou | 彩虹 | |
Guanyang (Wenshi) | 虹 | |
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 虹 |
See also
- 霓 (ní)
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
虹
- † to fester
- Only used in 虹洞.
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
虹
- (historical) A county in modern Anhui, China
Japanese
Kanji
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: ぐ (gu); ぐう (gū); こう (kō)
- Kan-on: こう (kō)←かう (kau, historical); こう (kō)
- Kun: にじ (niji, 虹, Jōyō)
Compounds
- 朝虹 (asaniji)
- 海老虹梁 (ebikōryō), 蝦虹梁 (ebikōryō)
- 過剰虹 (kajōniji)
- 霧虹 (kiriniji): fogbow
- 月虹 (gekkō): moonbow
- 虹橋 (kōkyō)
- 虹霓 (kōgei), 虹蜺 (kōgei): rainbow
- 虹彩 (kōsai): iris (part of the eye)
- 虹彩炎 (kōsaien): iritis
- 虹彩毛様体炎 (kōsaimōyōtaien)
- 虹梁 (kōryō)
- 虹梁鼻 (kōryōbana)
- 彩虹 (saikō)
- 断虹 (dankō)
- 虹色鍬形 (nijīrokuwagata)
- 虹の松原 (niji no matsubara)
- 虹鱒 (nijimasu): rainbow trout
- 白虹 (hakkō)
- 白虹事件 (hakkōjiken)
- 白虹日を貫く (hakkō hi o tsuranuku)
- 二重虹 (futaeniji)
- 夕虹 (yūniji)
- 夕虹百日の旱 (yūniji hyakunichi no hideri)
Etymology 1
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Kanji in this term |
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虹 |
にじ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
⟨nizi⟩ → /niʑi/
From Old Japanese.[1] First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[2]
Also attested as man'yōgana form 爾之 in the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō) of c.931-938 and 爾自 in the 金光明最勝王経音義 (Konkōmyō Saishōō-kyō Ongi) of 1079. May be a shift from earlier nuji or noji readings (see below).
Alternative forms
- 霓
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) にじ [nìjí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
- IPA(key): [ɲ̟iʑi]
Noun
虹 • (niji)
- a rainbow
- 春雨がやんだ途端に、美しい虹が現れた。
- Harusame ga yanda totan ni, utsukushii niji ga arawareta.
- Just as the spring shower passed, a beautiful rainbow appeared.
- 春雨がやんだ途端に、美しい虹が現れた。
Synonyms
- 虹霓 (kōgei)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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虹 |
ぬじ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
⟨nuzi⟩ → /nuʑi/
From Old Japanese[1], attested in the 北野本日本書紀 (Kitano-bon Nihon shoki) of the late Heian period.[4] May be a shift from earlier noji (see below); compare Okinawan ぬーじ (nuːdʑi) and Miyako ぬず (nudzɿ).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぬじ [nùjí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [nɯ̟ᵝʑi]
Noun
虹 • (nuji)
- (dialect, possibly obsolete) a rainbow
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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虹 |
のじ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
⟨no1zi⟩ → /noʑi/
From Old Japanese, appeared in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE as an eastern dialectal variant.[1][4][5]
Cognate with Okinawan ぬーじ (nuːdʑi) and Miyako ぬず (nudzɿ).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) のじ [nòjí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [no̞ʑi]
Noun
虹 • (noji)
- (obsolete) a rainbow
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- “虹・霓”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 虹・霓(にじ)とは - コトバンク, accessed 2019-01-21
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3414), text available here
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 虹 (MC ɦuŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 호ᇰ (hwong) (Yale: hwong) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource虹 (eumhun 무지개 홍 (mujigae hong))
- Hanja form? of 홍 (“rainbow”).
- Synonym: 霓 (예 (ye))
Compounds
- 홍채 (虹彩, hongchae, “iris”)
- 홍예 (虹霓, hong'ye, “rainbow”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 虹 (MC kuŋH).
Hanja
虹 (eumhun 고을 이름 공 (go'eul ireum gong))
- Hanja form? of 공 (“a placename”).
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
虹: Hán Việt readings: hồng[1]
虹: Nôm readings: vồng[1]
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References
- Trần (2004).