虹 — kanji meaning “rainbow”
虹
rainbow
- Meanings
- rainbow
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- にじ
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2110 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- hóng, jiàng — Chinese character page
Words with 虹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虹彩 | こうさい kousai | iris |
| 白虹 | はっこう hakkou | white rainbow |
| 虹鱒 | にじます nijimasu | rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
| 主虹 | しゅにじ shuniji | primary rainbow |
| 虹色 | にじいろ nijiiro | rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured |
| 副虹 | ふくにじ fukuniji | secondary rainbow |
| 虹霓 | こうげい kougei | rainbow |
| 虹梁 | こうりょう kouryou | arched beam used in shrine and temple construction |
| 霧虹 | きりにじ kiriniji | fog bow; fogbow; mistbow |
| 虹彩炎 | こうさいえん kousaien | iritis |
| 反射虹 | はんしゃこう hanshakou | reflection rainbow |
| 過剰虹 | かじょうにじ kajouniji | supernumerary rainbow |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.