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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.
雷
thunder
Thunder; raw power that shakes the sky.
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: Brice 歩雷透 · Bryce 歩雷透 · Blythe 歩雷透
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