霓

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霓	U+9713, 霓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9713

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

霓 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月竹難山 (MBHXU), four-corner 1021₇, composition ⿱⻗兒)

Derived characters

𪝷, 𬰖

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1375, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42332
Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4067, character 16
Unihan data for U+9713

Chinese

蛪 – MC /ŋet̚/ (倪結切)
trad.		霓
simp. ^#		霓
alternative forms		蜺蛪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
掜	rŋeː, ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	ŋeː, ŋeː
霓	ŋeː, ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	ŋeː, ŋje
觬	ŋeː, ŋeːʔ
堄	ŋeːʔ, ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gê / nî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ní
  - Wade–Giles: ni²
  - Yale: ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - Palladius: ни (ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
  - Tâi-lô: gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gee
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
  - Tâi-lô: nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nii
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni
  - MiniDict: nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/

Middle Chinese: ngej, ngejH, nget

Rime
Character	霓	霓	霓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	IV
Fanqie	五稽切	五計切	五結切
Baxter	ngej	ngejH	nget
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/	/ŋei^H/	/ŋet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/	/ŋei^H/	/ŋet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/	/ŋɛi^H/	/ŋɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/	/ŋɛj^H/	/ŋɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ŋei/	/ŋei^H/	/ŋet̚/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/	/ŋiei^H/	/ŋiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/	/ŋiei^H/	/ŋiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	yì	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴	ngai⁶	jit⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/, /*ŋeːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霓	霓	霓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2738	2756	2759
Phonetic component	兒	兒	兒
Rime group	支	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪	詣	齧
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/	/*ŋeːs/	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

霓

secondary rainbow

See also

虹 (hóng)

Compounds

大旱雲霓／大旱云霓 (dàhànyúnní)
拂霓
氣吐虹霓／气吐虹霓
虹霓 (hóngní)
金霓
雲霓／云霓
雲霓之望／云霓之望
霓旌
霓虹 (níhóng)
霓虹燈／霓虹灯 (níhóngdēng)
霓裳 (nícháng)
霓裳羽衣 (Níchángyǔyī)

References

“霓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 霓

霓

(Hyōgai kanji)

rainbow

Readings

Go-on: げ (ge)
Kan-on: げい (gei)
Kun: にじ (niji)

Compounds

Compounds

雲霓(うんげい) (ungei): clouds and rainbows
霓裳(げいしょう) (geishō)
霓裳羽衣(げいしょううい) (geishōui)
虹霓(こうげい) (kōgei), 虹蜺(こうげい) (kōgei): rainbow
大旱(たいかん)の雲霓(うんげい)を望(のぞ)むがごとし (taikan no ungei o nozomu ga gotoshi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
霓
にじ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 霓 – see the following entry.

【虹にじ】S

(This term, 霓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 霓 (MC ngej|ngejH). Recorded as Middle Korean 예 (yey) (Yale: yey) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

霓

霓 (eumhun 무지개 예 (mujigae ye))

hanja form^? of 예 (“rainbow”)
Synonym: 虹 (홍 (hong))

Compounds

Compounds

홍예 (虹霓, hong'ye)
홍예문 (虹霓門, hong'yemun)
운예 (雲霓, unye)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

霓 (nghê, nghi, nghé, mống)

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