Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
Variants:
thunder, lightning bolt
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1491 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雷 【カミナリ】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger
  • 雷雨 【ライウ】 thunderstorm
  • 機雷 【キライ】 (sea) mine
  • 界雷 【カイライ】 frontal thunderstorm

Kun reading compounds

  • 雷 【かみなり】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger
  • 雷雲 【らいうん】 thundercloud
  • 水雷 【みずがみなり】 thunder accompanied by rain, lightning that does not start a fire
  • 日雷 【ひがみなり】 thunder on a clear day, lightning that starts a fire
  • 雷 【かみなり】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger
  • 雷雲 【らいうん】 thundercloud
  • 雷 【かみなり】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lei2
Korean:
roe

Spanish

  • trueno
  • relámpago
  • rayo

Portuguese

  • trovão
  • raio

French

  • tonnerre
  • foudre
1888 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1524 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5049 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1204 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1889 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2026 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
952 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
982 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
843 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1863 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3466 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1785 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2432 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
432 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42245 Morohashi
2791 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6525 New Nelson (John Haig)
425 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
454 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1685 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3176 2001 Kanji
8d5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-5 SKIP code
1060.1 Four corner code
1060.3 Four corner code
1-45-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96f7 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
stand, erect
Parts:
Variants:
dragon, imperial
Kun:
たついせ
On:
リュウリョウロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1195 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
  • 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
  • 鎧竜 【ガイリュウ】 ankylosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Ankylosauria)
  • 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
  • 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
  • 竜駕 【リョウガ】 imperial carriage
  • 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
  • 蛟竜 【コウリョウ】 mizuchi, aquatic, dragon-like beast with four feet, horns and poisonous breath, unfulfilled genius, dormant talent

Kun reading compounds

  • 竜 【りゅう】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
  • 竜巻 【たつまき】 tornado, whirlwind, waterspout, twister
  • 伊勢海老 【いせえび】 spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

Readings

Japanese names:
りう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
long2
Korean:
ryong, nong

Spanish

  • dragón

Portuguese

  • dragão imperial

French

  • dragon
  • impérial
1899 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1110 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5440 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1992 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1600 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1199 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1758 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1886 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1867 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1930 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2603 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1332 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1805 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
542 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25751 Morohashi
2099 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4232 New Nelson (John Haig)
536 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
575 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1406 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
456 2001 Kanji
5b5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-5-5 SKIP code
0071.6 Four corner code
1-46-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7adc Unicode hex code