雷 – thunder, lightning bolt

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The kanji 雷 means thunder, lightning bolt. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ライ (rai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かみなり、いかずち、いかづち (kaminari, ikazuchi, ikazuchi). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ライ	rai
Kun’yomi	かみなり	kaminari
Kun’yomi	いかずち	ikazuchi
Kun’yomi	いかづち	ikazuchi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 雨 (Kangxi radical 173). Components: 雨・田.

Words using 雷

雷かみなりlightning

Example sentences

子供達は雷におびえた。

The thunder scared the children.

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Kanji with the same radical

電震露需雨雪零雲雰霊霞霧霜雫霰

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.