霓
ní

rainbow

The child 兒 of a rain cloud 雨

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
兒
兒 Meaning component
r, ér son

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeː
ŋeːs
ŋeː
Unicodengei

說文解字

屈虹,青赤,或白色,陰气也。从雨兒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica