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霓

ní

Character Traditional 蜺

What 霓 means

1. Japanese cicada
2. old variant of {霓|ní}

Other readings

霓 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• nísecondary rainbow

Words starting with 霓

• 霓虹灯ní hóng dēng(loanword) neon lights
• 霓虹ní hóng(loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹灯; (literary) rainbow
• 霓裳ní chángnichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙
• 霓虹国Ní hóng guó(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 日本 "Nihon")

Words containing 霓

• 大旱望云霓dà hàn wàng yún ní(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)…
• 大旱之望云霓dà hàn zhī wàng yún nísee 大旱望云霓

Characters built on 兒

These share the phonetic component 兒 (ér), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 倪ní(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 睨nìto look askance at
• 鲵níCryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
• 阋xìto argue; to quarrel
• 猊níused in 狻猊

Characters that look like 霓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 慧huìintelligent
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven
• 寰huánlarge domain; extensive region
• 篾mièthe outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip
• 燮xièto blend; to adjust; to harmonize

Sounds the same

Read ní, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尼Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 泥mud; clay; paste
• 呢dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
• 倪(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 铌niobium (chemistry)
• 怩used in 忸怩
• 鲵Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
• 秜self-sown rice
• 𫐐clamps for crossbar of carriage
• 麑fawn
• 𫠜teeth grown in old age
• 郳place name