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虹 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
にじniji
Meaning
rainbow

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A creature plus a span: the long arc that stretches across the sky — a rainbow.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunにじniji虹にじ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 虹にじ

    rainbow

  • 虹色にじいろ

    rainbow colours

More words with this kanji

  • 虹鱒にじます
  • 虹霓こうげい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

雨上(あめあ)がりに大(おお)きな虹(にじ)がかかった。

A great rainbow appeared after the rain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

虹色虹色color蜂bee蜜honey虫insect虻horsef…蚪used…勾bend尻buttoc…桁beam梗block…喉throat
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 虫Map of reading コウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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