Kanji1 / 13
雷 kanji
thunder, lightning bolt
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ライ
Kun readings
かみなりいかずちいかづち
Variant forms
靁Words with 雷
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —雷風恒heng (hexagram 32 of the I Ching: duration)
- —雷水解xie (hexagram 40 of the I Ching: deliverance)
- —震為雷zhen (hexagram 51 of the I Ching: thunder, the arousing)
- —雷火豊feng (hexagram 55 of the I Ching: abundance)
- —風雷益yi (hexagram 42 of the I Ching: increase)
- —疾風迅雷with lightning speed
- —付和雷同following blindly; following suit without reflection
- —地雷除去mine clearance
- —機雷艦艇mine warfare vessel
- —雷酸水銀mercury fulminate
- —蝦夷雷鳥hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
- —樺太雷鳥willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus); red grouse
- —光子魚雷photon torpedo
- —草原雷鳥greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
- —雷雨細胞thunderstorm cell
- —対人地雷anti-personnel land mine
- —空中魚雷aerial torpedo
- —磁気機雷magnetic mine
- —迅雷風烈violent thunder and fierce wind; rapidly changing situation; swift action
- —人間魚雷human torpedo; manned torpedo; suicide submarine