彩虹
Old HSK 5
彩虹 (cǎihóng) · rainbow
彩虹 (cǎihóng) means “rainbow”. It is written with 2 characters: 彩 (color) + 虹 (rainbow). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 彩虹 is built
The characters
彩 cǎi · color
What 彩 is made of
- 采cǎi — to collect
- 爫zhǎo — claws
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 彡shān — hair
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: 彡 gives the meaning, 采 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
虹 hóng · rainbow
What 虹 is made of
- 虫chóng — insect
- 中zhōng — central
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 中zhōng — central
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Example sentences
雨停了，天上出现了彩虹。Yǔ tíng le, tiānshàng chūxiàn le cǎihóng.The rain stopped and a rainbow appeared.
孩子们第一次看见彩虹。Háizimen dìyī cì kànjiàn cǎihóng.The children saw a rainbow for the first time.
Questions about 彩虹
What does 彩虹 mean?
彩虹 (cǎihóng) means “rainbow”.
How do you pronounce 彩虹?
彩虹 is pronounced cǎihóng.
Which HSK level is 彩虹?
彩虹 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 彩色cǎisècolored
- 精彩jīngcǎiwonderful
- 色彩sècǎicolor
- 彩票cǎipiàolottery ticket
- 光彩guāngcǎiluster
- 剪彩jiǎncǎito cut the ribbon (at an opening)
Learn 彩虹 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 8: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.