雷 — kanji meaning “thunder”
雷
thunder, lightning bolt
- Meanings
- thunder, lightning bolt
- On'yomi
- ライ (rai)
- Kun'yomi
- かみなり、いかずち、いかづち
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1491 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 173
- Chinese reading
- léi — Chinese character page
Words with 雷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地雷 | じらい jirai | land mine |
| 魚雷 | ぎょらい gyorai | torpedo |
| 落雷 | らくらい rakurai | lightning strike; lightning bolt |
| 機雷 | きらい kirai | (sea) mine |
| 雷鳴 | らいめい raimei | thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder |
| 雷雨 | らいう raiu | thunderstorm; thundershower |
| 雷雲 | らいうん raiun | thundercloud |
| 雷撃 | らいげき raigeki | lightning strike |
| 雷電 | らいでん raiden | thunder and lightning |
| 雷神 | らいじん raijin | god of thunder |
| 爆雷 | ばくらい bakurai | depth charge |
| 水雷 | すいらい suirai | torpedo |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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