蜺

See also: 霓

蜺	U+873A, 蜺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-873A

← 蜹
[U+8739]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜻 →
[U+873B]

Translingual

Han character

蜺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹難山 (LIHXU), four-corner 5711₇, composition ⿰虫兒)

cicada
reflection of rainbow

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1087, character 35

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33202

Dae Jaweon: page 1554, character 23

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2863, character 5

Unihan data for U+873A

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜺 – see 霓 (“secondary rainbow”). (This character is a variant form of 霓).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		蜺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ní
  - Wade–Giles: ni²
  - Yale: ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - Palladius: ни (ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngej, nget

Rime
Character	蜺	蜺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	五稽切	五結切
Baxter	ngej	nget
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/	/ŋet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/	/ŋet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/	/ŋɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/	/ŋɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ŋei/	/ŋet̚/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/	/ŋiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/	/ŋiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴	jit⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜺	蜺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2737	2760
Phonetic component	兒	兒
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪	齧
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

蜺

Meimuna opalifera

Japanese

Kanji

蜺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

reflection of rainbow

Readings

Go-on: げ (ge)
Kan-on: げい (gei)
Kun: つくつくぼうし (tsukutsukubōshi)

Compounds

虹蜺(こうげい) (kōgei): rainbow

Korean

Hanja

蜺 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

cicada
secondary rainbow

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