虹
rainbow
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,121 U+8679
How 虹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 工 (phonetic, gōng)
How to remember it
rainbow · Heisig RSH #1737
虫 insect + I-beam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 工
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 工 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound component | gōng | labor, work; laborer, worker |
| 红 | hóng | red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular |
| 空 | kōng | hollow, empty, deserted, bare |
| 江 | jiāng | large river; the Yangtze; surname |
| 经 | jīng | the classics; to experience, to undergo |
| 轻 | qīng | light, gentle; simple, easy |
| 径 | jìng | path, diameter; straight, direct |
| 攻 | gōng | to accuse; to assault; to criticize |
| 项 | xiàng | neck, nape; item; a term in an equation |
| 氢 | qīng | ammonia |
| 贡 | gòng | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts |
| 缸 | gāng | earthen jug, crock, cistern |
| 肛 | gāng | anus |
| 巩 | gǒng | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong |
| 汞 | gǒng | mercury (element) |
| 邛 | qióng | mound; in distress |
| 豇 | jiāng | kidney bean; black-eyed pea |
| 仝 | tóng | together, same; surname |
| 巠 | jīng | underground river; flowing water |
Words containing 虹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虹口区 | Hóng kǒu Qū | Hongkou district, central Shanghai |
| 彩虹行动 | cǎi hóng xíng dòng | the two mass scuttling operations carried out by the German navy: the scuttling of the Ger… |
| 虹桥机场 | Hóng qiáo jī chǎng | Hongqiao Airport (Shanghai) |
| 虹彩病毒 | hóng cǎi bìng dú | iridovirus |
| 彩虹族群 | cǎi hóng zú qún | the LGBT+ community |
| 气贯长虹 | qì guàn cháng hóng | spirit reaches to the rainbow; full of noble aspiration and daring |
| 虹吸管 | hóng xī guǎn | siphon |
| 黄宾虹 | Huáng Bīn hóng | Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter |
| 海虹 | hǎi hóng | mussel |
| 长虹 | Cháng hóng | Changhong (brand) |
| 彩虹蜂虎 | cǎi hóng fēng hǔ | (bird species of China) rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) |
| 彩虹旗 | cǎi hóng qí | rainbow flag, aka LGBT pride flag |
| 绿尾虹雉 | lǜ wěi hóng zhì | (bird species of China) Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) |
| 棕尾虹雉 | zōng wěi hóng zhì | (bird species of China) Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) |
| 虹桥 | hóng qiáo | arched bridge |
| 彩虹屁 | cǎi hóng pì | (neologism c. 2017) (slang) over-the-top praise |
| 彩虹 | cǎi hóng | rainbow; CL:道[dao4] |
| 虹彩 | hóng cǎi | iridescence; iris (of the eye) |
| 虹吸 | hóng xī | (lit. and fig.) to siphon |
| 白尾梢虹雉 | bái wěi shāo hóng zhì | (bird species of China) Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri) |