雷

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (ancient varients) 𩇓 𤴐 𩂩 𤳳 䨓 𩄣 靁 㗊 𤴑

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 雨 ("rain") + phonetic 田 (abbreviation of 畾)

Han character

雷 (radical 173 雨+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一月田 (MBW), four-corner 1060₃, composition ⿱⻗田)

1. thunder
2. a Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 1372, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42245
• Dae Jaweon: page 1881, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4060, character 2
• Unihan data for U+96F7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

雷 (Jyutping leoi4, Yale leui4)

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Japanese

雷 (kaminari)

Kanji

雷

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: らい (rai)
• Kan’on: らい (rai)
• On (unclassified): るい (rui)
• Kun: かみなり (kaminari), いかずち (ikazuchi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term

雷

かみなり Grade: S

kun'yomi

かみ (神, kami, god) + なり (鳴り, nari, calling out, crying out. Nominalisation of 鳴る, なる, naru)

Noun

雷 (hiragana かみなり, romaji kaminari)

1. thunder; a sound
2. lightning; thunderbolt

Synonyms

• (thunder): 雷鳴
• (lightning): 電 (いなずま, inazuma), 落雷, 稲妻, 稲光
• 雷電 (らいでん, raiden): thunder and lightning

Compounds

• 避雷針 (ひらいしん, hiraishin): lightning rod
• 雷鳥 (らいちょう, raichō) a rock ptarmigan, a snow grouse
• 雷神鳥 (らいじんちょう, raijinchō) a thunderbird
• 雷獣 (らいじゅう, raijū) a thunder beast

Derived terms

• 雷が落ちる

See also

• 雷雨: a thunderstorm
• 雷雲: a thundercloud

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Korean

Hanja

雷 (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune-Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

雷 (Pinyin léi (lei2), lèi (lei4), Wade-Giles lei², lei⁴)

1. thunder
2. (military) mine
3. a surname

Compounds

• 雷达
• 雷打不动
• 雷电
• 雷动
• 雷公
• 雷管
• 雷害
• 雷击
• 雷厉风行
• 雷鸣
• 雷鸟
• 雷声
• 雷声大，雨点小
• 雷霆
• 雷霆万钧
• 雷同
• 雷丸
• 雷雨
• 雷雨云
• 雷阵雨
• 雷琴

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Vietnamese

Han character

雷 (lôi)

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