霓

Information about character(s)

Radical: 雨
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ní
Cantonese: ngai4
JapaneseKun: NIJI
JapaneseOn: GEI
Korean: YEY
Vietnamese: nghi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rainbow; variegated, colored

CE-Dict: secondary rainbow

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Meteorology] secondary rainbow

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: secondary bow - 光
secondary rainbow - 光

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《雨部》霓屈虹，青赤，或白色，陰气也。从雨兒聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集中】【雨字部】霓
【唐韻】五雞切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】硏奚切，𠀤音倪。【說文】屈虹靑赤。或白色隂气也。从雨兒聲。【玉篇】雲色似龍也。【埤雅】雄曰虹，雌曰霓。舊說，虹常雙見，鮮盛者雄，其闇者雌也。一曰赤白色謂之虹，靑白色謂之霓。爾雅釋天曰：霓爲挈貳，貳蓋言二。淮南子說山訓曰：天二氣則成虹是也。【孟子】若大旱之望雲霓也。【集韻】通作蜺。　又【爾雅·釋天】疾雷爲霆霓。【註】雷之急擊者謂霹靂。　又【廣韻】五計切【集韻】硏計切，𠀤音詣。義同。【張衡·東京賦】龍輅充廷，雲旗沸霓。夏正三朝，庭燎晢晢。　又【廣韻】五結切【集韻】倪結切，𠀤音齧。義同。【釋名】霓，齧也。其體斷絕，見於非時，此灾氣也。傷害於物，如有所食齧也。【南史·王筠傳】沈約製郊居賦，示筠草，筠讀至雌霓連蜷，約撫掌欣忭曰：僕常恐人呼爲霓。○按雌霓之霓，五的反。雲霓之霓，五兮反。學林曰：范蜀公召試學士院，用彩霓作平聲。考試者以范爲失韻，當時學士爲之憤鬱。司馬光曰：約賦但取聲律便美，非霓不可讀爲平聲也。　又【張衡·西京賦】直墆霓以高居。【註】墆霓，高貌。　又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤倪歷切，音鶂。【集韻】雌霓。　【集韻】本作蜺。或作蛪。

CF-Dict: arc-en-ciel secondaire

Han-De-Dict: (äußerer) Regenbogen (u.E.) (S, Met)