雷 (léi)
Thunder
How 雷 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- Traditional
- 雷
- Simplified
- 雷 (unchanged)
Common words using 雷
- 迅雷 xùnléi
- thunderbolt
- 地雷 dìléi
- landmine; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- 大發雷霆 dàfāléitíng
- to be furious; to fly into a terrible rage
- 手雷 shǒuléi
- grenade
- 打雷 dǎléi
- to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder
- 掃雷 sǎoléi
- minesweeper (computer game)
- 格雷 géléi
- Grey; Gray
- 雷人 léirén
- (internet slang) shocking; appalling; terrifying
- 雷克薩斯 léikèsàsī
- Lexus; see also 凌志[Ling2 zhi4]
- 雷厲風行 léilìfēngxíng
- pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
- 雷同 léitóng
- mirroring others; identical
- 雷峰塔 léifēngtǎ
- Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
雷 in a sentence
剛剛打雷了，可能會下雨。
Gānggāng dǎléi le, kěnéng huì xiàyǔ.
“It just thundered; it might rain.”
How common is 雷?
雷 is the 685th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 82.4% of all running text.
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