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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1491 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: thunder, lightning bolt

Kunyomi: かみなり, いかずち, いかづち

Onyomi: ライ

Composition: 雨 田

雷

Radical

Radical: 雨

Meaning: rain

Reading: あめ

Frequency: 298

雨

Examples

Onyomi Examples

雷 (カミナリ) lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger

雷雨 (ライウ) thunderstorm, thundershower

機雷 (キライ) (sea) mine

界雷 (カイライ) frontal thunderstorm

Kunyomi Examples

雷 (かみなり) lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger

雷雲 (らいうん) thundercloud

水雷 (みずがみなり) thunder accompanied by rain, lightning that does not start a fire

日雷 (ひがみなり) thunder on a clear day, lightning that starts a fire

雷 (かみなり) lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger

雷雲 (らいうん) thundercloud

雷 (かみなり) lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger

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