虹 hóng / jiàng — rainbow; rainbow
雨后，天空中出现了一道美丽的彩虹。Yǔ hòu, tiān kōng zhōng chū xiàn le yí dào měi lì de cǎi hóng.After the rain, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.
Common words: 彩虹 (cǎi hóng)、海虹 (hǎi hóng)、虹吸 (hóng xī)
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Chinese characters meaning "rainbow"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "rainbow", including 虹 (hóng / jiàng), 虹 (hóng / jiàng). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms…
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "rainbow" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 虹 (hóng / jiàng), 虹 (hóng / jiàng) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters do not share a sound — their readings span hóng, jiàng — so confirm the pinyin and tone for each one separately. The example sentences further down show how 虹 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 虹 hóng / jiàngrainbow; rainbowUseful words: 彩虹, 海虹
- 虹 hóng / jiàngrainbow; rainbowUseful words: 彩虹, 海虹
Common words for these 2 "rainbow" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 虹 (hóng / jiàng) — so "rainbow" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "rainbow".
虹 hóng / jiàng — rainbow; rainbow
雨后，天空中出现了一道美丽的彩虹。Yǔ hòu, tiān kōng zhōng chū xiàn le yí dào měi lì de cǎi hóng.After the rain, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.
Common words: 彩虹 (cǎi hóng)、海虹 (hǎi hóng)、虹吸 (hóng xī)
All 2 characters
Open 虹、虹 or any character below to hear it read aloud and see it used in an example sentence.