雷 léi
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
雷
léi
thunder
Character
Example phrases
- 半夜一声雷把孩子吓醒了，窗外很快下起大雨。 Bànyè yì shēng léi bǎ háizi xià xǐng le, chuāngwài hěn kuài xià qǐ dàyǔ. A clap of thunder woke the child in the middle of the night, and soon it began raining heavily outside.
- 天边传来一阵雷声，大家赶紧回家。 Tiānbiān chuán lái yí zhèn léishēng, dàjiā gǎnjǐn huí jiā. A rumble of thunder came from the horizon and everyone hurried home.
- 夏天常常先打雷，然后才下雨。 Xiàtiān chángcháng xiān dǎ léi, ránhòu cái xià yǔ. In summer there is often thunder first, and only then rain.