雷 — Chinese character
雷
léi
thunder; surname
- Pinyin
- léi
- Radical
- 173 ⾬ (Rain)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 雨 田
- Formation
- ideographic — A storm 雨 over the fields 田
- Japanese
- 雷 as a kanji
Common words with 雷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷达 (雷達) | léi dá | (loanword) radar |
| 布雷 (佈雷) | bù léi | to lay mines |
| 鱼雷 (魚雷) | yú léi | torpedo |
| 地雷 | dì léi | land mine (颗 (kē)); (fig.) sore point; weak spot |
| 迅雷 | xùn léi | thunderbolt |
| 雷霆 | léi tíng | sound of thunder |
| 雷同 | léi tóng | mirroring others; identical |
| 雷电 (雷電) | léi diàn | thunder and lightning |
| 雷雨 | léi yǔ | thunderstorm |
| 雷射 | léi shè | laser (loanword used in Taiwan); also written 鐳射|镭射 |
| 雷声 (雷聲) | léi shēng | thunder |
| 水雷 | shuǐ léi | naval mine |
English words written with 雷
雷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 2 · Zhuangzi 9
- Analects 10.16
- Art of War 4.10
- Art of War 7.19
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.