Kanji 雷

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Radical: ⾬ (173)

Strokes: 13

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On:

ライ

rai

Kun:

かみなり、いかずち、いかづち

kaminari, ikazuchi, ikazuchi

Reading in names:

あずま、いかずち

azuma, ikazuchi

Meanings:

гром

thunder, lightning bolt

Grade: 8

JLPT: 1

Phonetic: 雷 (ライ)

Kanji shape:

Kanji elements: 田, 雨, ⻗

LookAlike: 電

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遠雷

えんらい

enrai

дальний гром, гром издалека

distant thunder

機雷

きらい

kirai

((сокр.) 機械水雷) (мор.) мина

(sea) mine

機雷原

きらいげん

kiraigen

минное поле

minefield

魚雷

ぎょらい

gyorai

торпеда

torpedo

魚雷艇

ぎょらいてい

gyoraitei

торпедный катер

torpedo boat

仕掛け地雷

しかけじらい

shikakejirai

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booby trap

疾風迅雷

しっぷうじんらい

shippuujinrai

(связ.) вихрь и молния; {～的に}, 疾風迅雷の勢いをもって как вихрь, с быстротой вихря

with lightning speed

襲雷

しゅうらい

shuurai

No meanings for your language Why?

lightning strike;lightning bolt

人工雷

じんこうらい

jinkoorai

искусственная молния

artificial lightning

迅雷

じんらい

jinrai

удар грома, гром

thunderclap

Reading in other languages

Korean: 뢰

Korean (latin): roe

Pinyin: lei2

Vietnam: Lôi

Encoding

BIG5: B9 70

DECIMAL: 38647

HEX: 96F7

JIS_LEVEL: 1

MINKUTEN: 1-45-75

UTF16: 96F7

UTF8: E9 9B B7

Dictionary indexes

A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall): 1888

Essential Kanji (P.G. O'Neill): 1204

Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"): 1524

Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press): 1889

Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill): 2026

Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky): 982

Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky, 2 edition): 952

Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999): 1785

Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2 edition, 2013): 2432

Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono): 843

Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide: 1863

Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013): 3466

Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette): 432

Morohashi Daikanwajiten (Volume 12, page 0038): 42245

New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990): 2791

Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig): 425

Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig, 6 edition): 454

The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson): 5049

The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig): 6525

Tuttle Kanji Cards: 1685

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