technical
literary

Meaning of

霓 means secondary rainbow; double rainbow. Pronounced ní.

  • secondary rainbow; double rainbow

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

hòu
tiān
kōng
zhōng
chū
xiàn
le
dào
měi
de
cǎi
hóng
 
wài
miàn
hái
yǒu
dào
dàn
dàn
de
 

After the rain, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky, with a faint secondary rainbow (蜺) on the outside.

Zài
guāng
xué
yuán
shàng
 
shì
yóu
guāng
xiàn线
zài
shuǐ
zhū
nèi
shēng
liǎng
fǎn
shè
xíng
chéng
de
 

Optically, the secondary rainbow is formed by light reflecting twice inside water droplets.

rén
cháng
hóng
chēng
wéi
 
hóng
 
 
yòng
lái
měi
hǎo
de
shì
 

Ancient people often combined rainbow and secondary rainbow as '虹蜺' to metaphorically describe beautiful things.

zhǔ
hóng
tóng
 
de
cǎi
pái
liè
shùn
shì
hóng
de
zài
nèi
 
de
zài
wài
 

Unlike the primary rainbow, the color order of the secondary rainbow is red on the inside and violet on the outside.

guǒ
guān
chá
 
hěn
róng
lüè
diào
cǎi
jiào
dàn
de
 

If you don't look carefully, it is easy to miss the secondary rainbow because of its pale colors.

Relations

Measure Words

/ dào
Primary
/ quān