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

Stroke Order · 16 strokes (click to expand)

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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 · (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

Idioms with 霓 3 total

(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