虹 – rainbow

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The kanji 虹 means rainbow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is にじ (niji). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 虫 (no. 142).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	にじ	niji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 虫 (Kangxi radical 142). Components: 工・虫.

Words using 虹

虹にじsecond

Kanji with the same radical

融虫蛇蝶蛍蚊蜜蜂蛋

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