虹 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 虹意味

rainbow

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虹 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

にじ niji

KUNYOMI　訓読み

コウ kou

Examples

虹は自然現象である。

A rainbow is a natural phenomenon.

虹は７色だ。

The rainbow has seven colors.

何と美しい虹だろう。

What a beautiful rainbow!

虹は最も美しい自然現象の１つだ。

A rainbow is one of the most beautiful phenomena of nature.

窓の外を見ると、虹が見えた。

Looking out of the window, I saw a rainbow.

雨が止んだとたんにきれいな虹が出た。

No sooner had it stopped raining than a beautiful rainbow appeared.

虹は空に弓じょうにかかる。

The rainbow forms an arc in the sky.

虹の中にいくつの色が見えますか。

How many colors do you see in the rainbow?

空に美しい虹がかかっている。

A beautiful rainbow is spanning the sky.

雨がやんだとたんに虹が現れた。

Scarcely had the rain stopped before a rainbow appeared.

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