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<WL>虹 [hóng] 彩虹 cǎihóng rainbow  [jiàng] (俗) 出虹 show a rainbow@@ [hòng] 虹洞, 相連  [gòng] (古縣名)
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<WL>虹 [hóng] 彩虹 cǎihóng rainbow; 虹吸 siphon@@ [jiàng] (俗) 出虹  [hòng] “虹洞”, 相連  [gòng] (古县名)
From 虫 (chóng) ‘worm’ and 工 gōng phonetic. The oracle script was a two-headed sky dragon/serpent, now represented by 虫. Rainbows are associated with dragons.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 虹(􂖺) hóng ‘rainbow’ combines 虫 (chóng) ‘worm’ and 工 gōng (phonetic); an old form 𧌫(􂖻𧍺) has 申(􂥽𢑚􂥼𦦀) instead of 工; a related form 蝀(􂖽) has 東(􁂬), cf. (SJ) 螮蝀.
The pronunciation jiàng is colloquial, and occurs only as a single-syllable word.
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An OBI form of this character (HDZ) may depict a two-headed sky dragon/serpent (and hence the modern component).
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Compare: 霓 as in 虹霓 ‘secondary rainbow’ (正虹 ‘primary rainbow’); cf. 霓: 鲵 ‘giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)’.
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Compare: 杠 as in 杠梁 (an old word for 桥梁 ‘bridge’).
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The pronunciation jiàng is colloquial, and occurs only in 出虹 ‘appear in the sky (of a rainbow)’.
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HDZ: 虹 : hóng : (甲) 虹与杠梁 (桥梁)、古玉璜之形相似 (玉璜: 半圆形的璧); 雨后或日出、日没之际, 天空中出现的彩色圆弧 (正虹, 主虹, 雄虹; cf. 虹霓, 副虹, 雌虹); 桥 (cf. 杠梁: 桥梁); 訌: 惑乱 • hòng : “虹洞”, 相連; 疮溃 • gòng : (古县名)
 
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