一切經音義 31.147

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如蜺（下藝𠔃反王注楚詞云霓雲之有色似龍者也郭注尒雅云霓曰雌虹也漢書音義云虹出盛者為雄雄為虹闇者曰雌雌曰霓各有兩名也說文霓屈虹也青赤或白色陰氣也從虫蜺聲或作霓也）。

Like a secondary rainbow (如蜺: the second character has the sound y- [藝] + -ì [𠔃] fanqie. Wang [Yi]'s commentary on the Songs of Chu says: 'A secondary rainbow (霓) refers to clouds having color that resemble a dragon.' Guo [Pu]'s commentary on the Erya says: 'The secondary rainbow is called the female rainbow.' The Hanshu yinyi says: 'When rainbows appear, the dominant one is the male, and the male is called hóng (虹); the dimmer one is called the female, and the female is called ní (霓). Each has two names.' The Shuowen says: 'The secondary rainbow is a curved rainbow; bluish-red or white; it is yin qi. It is formed with the insect radical (虫) and ní (蜺) as phonetic; it is also written as 霓').