霓

霓 · ní

rainbow; variegated, colored

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
ní
Cantonese
ngai4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

rainbow; variegated, colored

Dictionary definitions & readings

霓 ní · Japanese cicada; old variant of 霓 ní

霓 ní · secondary rainbow

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64067.160:ní Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0826.070:ní Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
265.040:ní Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
ní粵ngai4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲイ ゲツ ゲチ ゲキ ギャク にじ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
예:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nghi Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五稽 五計 五結 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MBHXU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1021.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1375.290 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
089.47 372.41 494.43 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0873m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9713
Radical
雨 · 173
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6078

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
霓
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngej · 五稽 · 蟹開四平齊疑 · #306
Middle Chinese
ngejH · 五計 · 蟹開四去齊疑 · #2368
Middle Chinese
nget · 五結 · 山開四入先疑 · #3479

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1455.601
kDaeJaweon
1884.290
kFennIndex
360.03
kGSR
0873m
kHanYu
64067.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
1884.290
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64067.160
kIRGKangXi
1375.290
kKangXi
1375.290
kKarlgren
12
kLau
2327
kMatthews
4666
kMeyerWempe
2030b
kMorohashi
42332 42332:E0101
kNelson
5057
kSBGY
089.47 372.41 494.43
kSMSZD2003Index
761.09
kCangjie
MBHXU
kFenn
684I
kFourCornerCode
1021.7
kGradeLevel
6
kHKGlyph
4443
kMojiJoho
MJ027822 MJ027822:E0101 MJ027823:E0102
kPhonetic
1544
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-445E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C04F
kIRG_JSource
J0-703F
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FDB8
kIRG_KSource
K0-6767
kIRG_TSource
T1-7278
kIRG_VSource
V1-6B56
kRSUnicode
173.8
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C04F
kCCCII
215F63
kCNS1986
1-7278
kCNS1992
1-7278
kEACC
215F63
kGB0
3662
kGB1
3662
kJis0
8031
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7206
kTGH
2013:6078
kTaiwanTelegraph
7206
kXerox
264:163
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7128+173.8.8
kCantonese
ngai4
kDefinition
rainbow; variegated, colored
kFanqie
五稽 五計 五結
kHangul
예:0N
kHanyuPinyin
64067.160:ní
kJapanese
ゲイ ゲツ ゲチ ゲキ ギャク にじ
kJapaneseKun
NIJI
kJapaneseOn
GEI
kKorean
YEY
kMandarin
ní
kSMSZD2003Readings
ní粵ngai4
kTGHZ2013
265.040:ní
kTang
*ngei
kVietnamese
nghi
kXHC1983
0826.070:ní

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
9dictionary records using 霓0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
雨 above 兒 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱雨兒$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱雨兒$(GHTJKPV)

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