虹 hóng

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

虹 hóng

Contains the radical

虫 chóng

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

insect

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰虫工

Semantic compound

虫 chóng

Phonetic compound

工 gōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 chóng represents the meaning and 工 gōng represents the sound.

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在 zài 彩虹 cǎihóng 边 biān 拾 shè 起 qǐ 了 le 微笑 wēixiào .

Edge up at the Rainbow smile.

彩虹 cǎihóng 在 zài 昏暗 hūn àn 的 de 天空 tiānkōng 划 huá 出 chū 了 le 一 yī 道 dào 圆弧 yuán hú .

The rainbow described an arc in the dark sky.

雨 yǔ 后 Hòu 初 chū 晴 qíng 的 de 天空 tiānkōng 中 Zhōng 出现 chūxiàn 了 le 一 yī 道 dào 彩虹 cǎihóng .

A rainbow appeared in the sky when it cleared.

棱镜 léng jìng 把 bǎ 光 guāng 分解 fēnjiě 成 Chéng 虹 hóng 的 de 各种 gè zhǒng 色彩 sècǎi .

The prism broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow.

他 tā 不 bù 如 rú 到 dào 虹 hóng 居 Jū 去 qù 一趟.

He might as well go to the Rainbow.

Explore 16 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 虹 hóng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
彩虹 cǎihóng	rainbow	彩虹 cǎihóng
虹 hóng	rainbow	虹 hóng
长虹 Cháng hóng	Changhong (brand)	長虹
虹膜 hóng mó	iris (of an eye)	虹膜 hóng mó
霓虹灯 ní hóng dēng	neon lamp (loanword)	霓虹燈
虹桥 Hóng qiáo	Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin	虹橋
霓虹 ní hóng	rainbow	霓虹 ní hóng
虹桥机场 Hóng qiáo jī chǎng	Hongqiao Airport (Shanghai)	虹橋機場
虹口区 Hóng kǒu Qū	Hongkou district, central Shanghai	虹口區
虹吸 hóng xī	siphon	虹吸 hóng xī
黄宾虹 Huáng Bīn hóng	Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter	黃賓虹
海虹 hǎi hóng	mussel	海虹 hǎi hóng
虹彩 hóng cǎi	iridescence	虹彩 hóng cǎi
气贯长虹 qì guàn cháng hóng	spirit reaches to the rainbow	氣貫長虹
虹鳟 hóng zūn	rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	虹鱒
虹吸管 hóng xī guǎn	siphon	虹吸管 hóng xī guǎn