ní霓(蜺)
霓(蜺)
technical
literary
Meaning of 霓
霓 means secondary rainbow; double rainbow. Pronounced ní.
- secondary rainbow; double rainbow
Character Info
Radical虫
Strokes14
Components
虫
兒
Stroke Order
霓
Definitions & Examples
Yǔ雨
hòu后
tiān天
kōng空
zhōng中
chū出
xiàn现
le了
yī一
dào道
měi美
lì丽
de的
cǎi彩
hóng虹
,
wài外
miàn面
hái还
yǒu有
yī一
dào道
dàn淡
dàn淡
de的
ní蜺
。
After the rain, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky, with a faint secondary rainbow (蜺) on the outside.
Zài在
guāng光
xué学
yuán原
lǐ理
shàng上
,
ní蜺
shì是
yóu由
yú于
guāng光
xiàn线
zài在
shuǐ水
zhū珠
nèi内
fā发
shēng生
liǎng两
cì次
fǎn反
shè射
xíng形
chéng成
de的
。
Optically, the secondary rainbow is formed by light reflecting twice inside water droplets.
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
bǎ把
hóng虹
hé和
ní蜺
hé合
chēng称
wéi为
“
hóng虹
ní蜺
”
,
yòng用
lái来
bǐ比
yù喻
měi美
hǎo好
de的
shì事
wù物
。
Ancient people often combined rainbow and secondary rainbow as '虹蜺' to metaphorically describe beautiful things.
Yǔ与
zhǔ主
hóng虹
bù不
tóng同
,
ní蜺
de的
sè色
cǎi彩
pái排
liè列
shùn顺
xù序
shì是
hóng红
sè色
de的
zài在
nèi内
,
zǐ紫
sè色
de的
zài在
wài外
。
Unlike the primary rainbow, the color order of the secondary rainbow is red on the inside and violet on the outside.
Rú如
guǒ果
bù不
zǐ仔
xì细
guān观
chá察
,
hěn很
róng容
yì易
hū忽
lüè略
diào掉
sè色
cǎi彩
jiào较
dàn淡
de的
ní蜺
。
If you don't look carefully, it is easy to miss the secondary rainbow because of its pale colors.