# 雷 lightning

雨 (rain) + 田 (rice field)
★★☆☆☆
3 strokes
The sound effect of thunder is GORO, GORO!!!

## Onyomi

RAI |

## Mnemonic

| The RAIghtning fell from the rainy sky onto the rice field

## Kunyomi

かみなり | lightning and thunder (in Japanese, the same word applies to both, which kind of makes sense) ★★★☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
雷 | lightning | RICE FIELD | 田
震 | shake, tremble | PAYBACK |
雲 | cloud | MOOCOW | ム
曇 | get cloudy | SUN | 日

Lightning hits the RICE FIELD so near

PAYBACK makes me tremble with fear

Cloud hovers over a MOOCOW,

but when the SUN is hidden behind clouds, it gets more cloudy.