虹

hóng

rainbow

creature (虫) + work sound (工) = rainbow

Early Chinese saw the rainbow as a living sky-dragon or spirit creature arching across the heavens, so the creature radical carries the meaning. 工 simply gives the sound hóng and contributes nothing to the image.

虫+工→虹
工WorkPhonetic
虫InsectSemantic

雨后天空出现了一道美丽的虹。

yǔ hòu tiān kōng chū xiàn le yī dào měi lì de hóng。

After the rain, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.

那道虹跨越了整个山谷,颜色很鲜艳。

nà dào hóng kuà yuè le zhěng gè shān gǔ,yán sè hěn xiān yàn。

That rainbow stretched across the entire valley, its colors very vivid.

Words with 虹

虹桥

hóng qiáo

Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin

黄宾虹

huáng bīn hóng

Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter

长虹

cháng hóng

Changhong (brand)

霓虹

ní hóng

(loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹燈|霓虹灯[ni2 hong2 deng1])

霓虹国

ní hóng guó

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

霓虹灯

ní hóng dēng

(loanword) neon lights

彩虹

cǎi hóng

rainbow

彩虹吸蜜鹦鹉

cǎi hóng xī mì yīng wǔ

(bird species of China) rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

彩虹屁

cǎi hóng pì

(neologism c. 2017) (slang) over-the-top praise

彩虹族群

cǎi hóng zú qún

the LGBT+ community

彩虹旗

cǎi hóng qí

rainbow flag, aka LGBT pride flag

彩虹蜂虎

cǎi hóng fēng hǔ

(bird species of China) rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)

More characters with 虫

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