Memory phrase for the Kanji: 雷
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雷 |
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Meaning
| thunder, terrific
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Pronunciation |
léi |
Explanation |
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: field 田 [cf. Electricity 电: When lightning strikes the field 田, then the lightning rod 乚 has electricity] |
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Rain falls on the field amidst thunder. [Or: The rain 雨 on the field 田 without lightning 乚 has only a thunder.]
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Radicals
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雨
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rain | View out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud. |
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田
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field | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 雷达 |
léi dá |
radar (loanword) |
| 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 |
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng |
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom) |
| 哈雷彗星 |
Hā léi huì xīng |
Halley's comet |
| 咆哮如雷 |
páo xiào rú léi |
to be in a thundering rage (idiom) |
| 咆哮如雷 |
páo xiào rú léi |
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| 饵雷 |
ěr léi |
baited trap; booby-trap |
| 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 |
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī |
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target |
| 雷霆 |
léi tíng |
sound of thunder |
| 雷鸣 |
léi míng |
thunder; very loud sounds |
| 韦尔弗雷兹 |
Wéi ěr fú léi zī |
(George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek) |
| 雷诺 |
Léi nuò |
Reynolds (name); Renault (French car company); Reno, Nevada |
| 雷诺 |
Léi nuò |
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