霓

ní

Japanese cicada

Radical: 雨 Strokes: 16

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

雨雪露雷霜霞震雾零霸霍霄

Same radical

雨雪露雷霜霞震雾零霸霍霄霉需霭

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Character Decomposition

霓=雨+兒

Etymology

The child 兒 of a rain cloud 雨

Meanings

Japanese cicada

ní

secondary rainbow

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Words with 霓 43 total

(loanword) neon lights (abbr. for ní hóng dēng) · (literary) rainbow霓虹ní hóng Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲 or 霓裳羽衣舞霓裳Ní cháng (slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 日本 "Nihon")霓虹国Ní hóng guó (loanword) neon lights霓虹灯ní hóng dēng (lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) · (fig.) to yearn for relief from a desperate situation大旱望云霓dà hàn wàng yún ní

Idioms with 霓 3 total Chain

(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) · (fig.) to yearn for relief from a desperate situation大旱望云霓dà hàn wàng yún ní

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