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Kanji for Thunder
The kanji for “thunder” is 雷, read rai and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
thunder
Thunder; raw power that shakes the sky.
Raijin, the fearsome Shinto thunder god, is traditionally depicted beating ringed drums to summon rolling storm clouds.
13 strokes On reading ライ (rai) Kun reading かみなり、いかずち、いかづち (kaminari, ikazuchi, ikazuchi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: thunder, lightning bolt
Readings used for names on Nazuke: rai
Names written with 雷: Rainer 雷音瑠 · Reiner 雷音瑠 · Emeline 英芽雷 · Kathline 賀寿雷 · Caroline 佳路雷 · Adeline 愛天雷 · Nicolai 仁湖雷 · Nikolai 仁湖雷 · Karoline 佳路雷
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