| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1491 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- roe
Spanish
- trueno
- relámpago
- rayo
Portuguese
- trovão
- raio
French
- tonnerre
- foudre
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1256 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雲泥の差 【ウンデイノサ】 wide difference, a world of difference
- 雲散霧消 【ウンサンムショウ】 vanishing like mist
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 星雲 【セイウン】 nebula, galaxy
Kun reading compounds
- 雲 【くも】 cloud
- 雲行き 【くもゆき】 weather, look of the sky, situation, turn of affairs, signs, way the wind is blowing
- 白雲 【しらくも】 white clouds
- 八重雲 【やえぐも】 layers of clouds
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ずも、 のめ
- Korean:
- un
Spanish
- nube
Portuguese
- nuvem
French
- nuage
| 47 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 83 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 78 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1124 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5046 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 478 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 997 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2027 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 636 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 646 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 844 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1860 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3447 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1774 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 430 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42235 | Morohashi |
| 2773 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6522 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 423 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 452 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 213 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3171 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 1073.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96f2 | Unicode hex code |