云霓之望

云霓之望 in English

yún ní zhī wàng: (idiom) Expresses an urgent and intense longing, like that of a drought-stricken people hoping to see clouds that promise rain.

Character breakdown

云雲 yún cloud
霓 ní secondary rainbow
之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalen…
望朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar)

Stroke order

Le caractère 云 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 云

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 之 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 之

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 望 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 望

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

云

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 18 forms

霓

Small seal script

之

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 26 forms

望

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 西晉
See all 19 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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