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虹 = 工 + 虫

虹 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rainbow”. It is built from 工 (craft) and 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 559.

Keyword
rainbow
RTK frame
559
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
にじ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
радуга
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
虹 rainbow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 工 craft
  2. 虫 insect

How to find 虹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “craft” + “insect”. 虹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 虹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.