雷
lightning bolt, thunder

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ライ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いかずちいかづちかみなり

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:13
JLPT:1
Frequency:1491

Vocabulary

ライ

WordReadingMeaning
機雷キライ(sea) mine
地雷ジライland mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; taboo topic; trigger; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap; pitfall
雷雨ライウthunderstorm; thundershower
魚雷ギョライtorpedo
雷鳴ライメイthunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

Other

WordReadingMeaning
雷かみなりlightning; thunder; thunderbolt; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
雷雲かみなりぐもthundercloud
雷雲いかずちぐもthundercloud
仕掛け地雷しかけじらいbooby trap
疾風迅雷しっぷうじんらいwith lightning speed

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

電
electricity
Grade 2JLPT 5
霜
frost
Grade 8JLPT 1
雰
atmosphere, fog
Grade 8JLPT 1
零
cipher, nothing, overflow, spill, zero
Grade 8JLPT 2
雪
snow
Grade 2JLPT 3
雲
cloud
Grade 2JLPT 2
霊
soul, spirits
Grade 8JLPT 1
需
demand, need, request
Grade 8JLPT 1
相
aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together
Grade 3JLPT 3
細
dainty, detailed, get thin, narrow, precise, slender, taper
Grade 2JLPT 2