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雷
léi
1. thunder
2. mine (weapon)
3. (Internet slang) terrifying
4. terrific
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

雷
léi
thunder; surname
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

布雷
bùléi
to lay mines
地雷
dìléi
landmine
弗雷
Fúléi
Freyr (god in Norse mythology)
闷雷
mènléi
muffled thunder
手雷
shǒuléi
grenade
打雷
dǎléi
to rumble with thunder
扫雷
sǎoléi
minesweeper (computer game)
排雷
páiléi
mine clearance
探雷
tànléi
to detect mines
格雷
Géléi
Grey
水雷
shuǐléi
naval mine
沉雷
chénléi
deep growling thunder
漂雷
piāoléi
floating mine
爆雷
bàoléi
(slang) to reveal a spoiler (Tw)
迅雷
xùnléi
thunderbolt
雷人
léirén
(Internet slang) shocking
雷公
Léigōng
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
雷同
léitóng
mirroring others
雷射
léishè
laser (loanword used in Taiwan)
雷山
Léishān
Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture [[黔東南州|黔东南州<Qiándōngnánzhōu>]], Guizhou

Alternate Entries

雷
Léi
surname Lei
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
685
Word Frequency Rank
424 of 84,292

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