雷電

See also: 雷电

Chinese

thunder electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (雷電) 雷 電
simp. (雷电) 雷 电
alternative forms 靁電/靁电

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 雷 電
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 灰 (42) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 魯回切 堂練切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luʌi/ /denH/
Pan
Wuyun
/luoi/ /denH/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɒi/ /dɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwəj/ /dɛnH/
Li
Rong
/luᴀi/ /denH/
Wang
Li
/luɒi/ /dienH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑ̆i/ /dʱienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
léi diàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
leoi4 din6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雷 電
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
léi diàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ lwoj › ‹ denH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.rˁuj/ /*lˁi[n]-s/
English thunder lightning

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雷 電
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7707 11233
Phonetic
component
畾 申
Rime
group
微 眞
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
雷 電
Old
Chinese
/*ruːl/ /*l'iːns/

Noun

雷電

  1. thunder and/or lightning

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雷電):
  • → Japanese: 雷電(らいでん) (raiden)
  • → Korean: 뇌전(雷電) (noejeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷 電
らい
Grade: S
でん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

雷(らい)電(でん) • (raiden) 

  1. thunder and lightning
  2. thunder
  3. lightning

See also

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