霓

霓 U+9713, 霓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9713 ← 霒 [U+9712] CJK Unified Ideographs 霔 → [U+9714]

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

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː): phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje) + semantic 雨 (“rain”)

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

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• 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 Neipu)
    • 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/

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• 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/	/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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiei/	/ŋieiH/	/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

1. 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)

1. rainbow

Readings

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

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 [noun] a rainbow

(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))

1. hanja form^? of 예 (“rainbow”)

   Synonym: 虹 (홍 (hong))

Compounds

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

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)