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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: rainbow

Kunyomi: にじ

Onyomi: コウ

Composition: 虫 工

虹

Radical

Radical: 虫

Meaning: insect

Reading: むし

Frequency: 1,067

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

虫

Examples

Onyomi Examples

虹技 (コウギ) Kogi Corporation

虹霓 (コウゲイ) rainbow

副虹 (フクニジ) secondary rainbow

月虹 (ゲッコウ) moonbow, lunar rainbow, whitish rainbow cast by moonlight, lunar bow, space rainbow

Kunyomi Examples

虹 (にじ) rainbow

二次 (にじ) second, secondary, quadratic (function, equation, etc.), second-order, fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.), drawn, two-dimensional

夕虹 (ゆうにじ) evening rainbow

過剰虹 (かじょうにじ) supernumerary rainbow

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