霓(ní)

16 strokes

Japanese cicada

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Character information

Pinyin
ní
Meaning
Japanese cicada; old variant of 霓[ni2]
Strokes
16
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 霓 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱雨兒

The child 兒 of a rain cloud 雨

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

雨yǔ兒ér

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 霓 step by step

16 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 霓

Common words using 霓 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

ní霓hóng虹

(loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹灯); (literary) rai…

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ní霓cháng裳

Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers"…

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ní霓hóng虹guó国

(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 日本 "Nihon")

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ní霓hóng虹dēng灯

(loanword) neon lights

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Related characters

From 霓’s common words

虹裳国灯

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