虹 — Chinese character
虹
hóng
rainbow
- Pinyin
- hóng
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 虫 工
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 工
- Japanese
- 虹 as a kanji
Common words with 虹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彩虹 | cǎi hóng | rainbow; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 虹桥 (虹橋) | hóng qiáo | arched bridge |
| 虹膜 | hóng mó | iris (of an eye) |
| 霓虹 | ní hóng | (loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹灯 (ní hóng dēng)); (literary) rainbow |
| 霓虹灯 (霓虹燈) | ní hóng dēng | (loanword) neon lights |
| 虹吸 | hóng xī | (lit. and fig.) to siphon |
| 虹鳟 (虹鱒) | hóng zūn | rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
| 海虹 | hǎi hóng | mussel |
| 虹彩 | hóng cǎi | iridescence; iris (of the eye) |
| 虹吸管 | hóng xī guǎn | siphon |
| 气贯长虹 (氣貫長虹) | qì guàn cháng hóng | spirit reaches to the rainbow; full of noble aspiration and daring |
| 虹彩病毒 | hóng cǎi bìng dú | iridovirus |
English words written with 虹
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.