Chinese Character 雷 Meanings and components.

Form

雷

Meaning

雷 meaning[3] in English

Surname Lei.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 雷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are rain (雨) , and surname Tian (田)

Its radical[1] is: 雨 (yu3) which means: Rain, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2], .雨yu3rain

In cangjie it is written with MBW

How to write 雷

To write雷lei2surname Lei you should write a combination of 雨yu3rain , 田tian2surname Tian arranged in a 吕 shape:

雨 + 田 = 雷

雷 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 雷 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 雷, looks as follow:

雷
Pinyin:lei2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lei
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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