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霓

ní

rainbow; colorful, variegated

💡 Ideographic: The child 兒 of a rain cloud 雨

HSK 16 strokes Uncommon (36%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

⿱雨兒 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

yǔ

雨

rain

📷 Pictographic: Rain drops falling from a cloud 帀

8 strokes HSK 1

zā

帀

to rotate, to revolve, to make a circuit

4 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

jīn

巾

cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel

📷 Pictographic: A curtain or towel hanging from a rack

3 strokes HSK 4

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

ér

兒

son, child

🔤 Pictophonetic: 儿 (son) provides meaning, 儿 provides pronunciation

8 strokes

jiù

臼

mortar; bone joint socket

📷 Pictographic: A mortar used to grind out powders

6 strokes

ér

儿

son, child

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 霓 (6)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

Japanese cicada / old variant of [[霓<ní>]]

ní

霓 ↗

Japanese cicada / old variant of [[霓<ní>]]

霓虹 ↗

níhóng

rainbow / neon (loanword)

níhóng

霓虹 ↗

rainbow / neon (loanword)

Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" [[霓裳羽衣曲<Níchángyǔyīqū>]] or [[霓裳羽衣舞<Níchángyǔyīwǔ>]]

Nícháng

霓裳 ↗

Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" [[霓裳羽衣曲<Níchángyǔyīqū>]] or [[霓裳羽衣舞<Níchángyǔyīwǔ>]]

霓裳 ↗

nícháng

nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals [[八仙<Bāxiān>]]

nícháng

霓裳 ↗

nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals [[八仙<Bāxiān>]]