雷
thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
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How 雷 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A storm 雨 over the fields 田
How to remember it
thunder · Heisig RSH #426
田 rice field + weather
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 雷 as their sound component
These characters all use 雷 (léi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷 sound component | léi | thunder; surname |
| 蕾 | lěi | flower bud |
| 擂 | lèi | to rub, to grind; to use a mortar and pestle |
| 镭 | léi | radium |
Words containing 雷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷打不动 | léi dǎ bù dòng | not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable; to adhere rigidly to regu… |
| 雷山县 | Léi shān Xiàn | Leishan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州… |
| 布雷斯特 | Bù léi sī tè | Brest, westernmost town in France |
| 雷阿尔城 | Léi ā ěr chéng | Ciudad Real |
| 雷克斯 | Léi kè sī | Rex (name) |
| 阿德雷德 | Ā dé léi dé | Adelaide, capital of South Australia; also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德 |
| 德雷尔 | Dé léi ěr | Dreyer (name); June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Resea… |
| 古特雷斯 | Gǔ tè léi sī | António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister … |
| 雷亚尔 | léi yà ěr | real (Brazilian currency) (loanword) |
| 雷声大，雨点小 | léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo | lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); fig. a lot of talk, but no action |
| 干打雷，不下雨 | gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ | all thunder but no rain (idiom); a lot of noise but no action |
| 光学雷达 | guāng xué léi dá | lidar |
| 雷达天线 | léi dá tiān xiàn | radar antenna |
| 雷州市 | Léi zhōu Shì | Leizhou, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 普雷克斯流程 | pǔ léi kè sī liú chéng | purex |
| 雷波县 | Léi bō Xiàn | Leibo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2… |
| 德雷福斯 | Dé léi fú sī | Dreyfus (name); Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewis… |
| 雷大雨小 | léi dà yǔ xiǎo | lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action; his bark is worse… |
| 雷子 | léi zi | (slang) cop |
| 大雷 | dà léi | (slang) large breasts |