Memory phrase for the Kanji: 雷

雷

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Meaning thunder, terrific

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]

Mnemonic
 
Rain falls on the field amidst thunder. [Or: The rain 雨 on the field 田 without lightning 乚 has only a thunder.]

Radicals

雨 rainView out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
田 field
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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  
 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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