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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 173 +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月竹X山 (MBHXU), four-corner 10217, composition)

  1. rainbow
  2. variegated, colored

References

  • KangXi: page 1375, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42332
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4067, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9713

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
*rŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋje
*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
*ŋeːʔ
*ŋeːs
*ŋje
*ŋeːd
*ŋeːɡ
*ɦŋeːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (31) (31) (31)
Final () (39) (39) (87)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV IV IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋei/ /ŋeiH/ /ŋet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋei/ /ŋeiH/ /ŋet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɛi/ /ŋɛiH/ /ŋɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛj/ /ŋɛjH/ /ŋɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋei/ /ŋeiH/ /ŋet̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋiei/ /ŋieiH/ /ŋiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋiei/ /ŋieiH/ /ŋiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 2738 2756 2759
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeː/ /*ŋeːs/ /*ŋeː/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
にじ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Noun

(hiragana にじ, romaji niji)

  1. Alternative spelling of

Korean

Hanja

(ye) (hangeul , revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(nghê, nghi, nghé, mống)