雷神

Chinese

		thunder	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (雷神)		雷	神
simp. #(雷神)		雷	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léishén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi-sṳ̀n
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-zen

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léishén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léishén
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-shên²
    • Yale: léi-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leishern
    • Palladius: лэйшэнь (lɛjšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: lèuih sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: luiˇ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lui² sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-zen
    • MiniDict: le^去 zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² zən⁴⁴/

Noun

雷神

1. god of thunder

Synonyms

• 雷公 (léigōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷	神
らい Grade: S	じん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
雷神 (kyūjitai)

Fūjin-Raijin-zu by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, with Raijin shown on the left and Fūjin on the right.

Proper noun

雷(らい)神(じん) • (Raijin) 

1. (mythology, Shinto): the Japanese god of thunder and lightning

Coordinate terms

• 天(てん)神(じん) (Tenjin): heavenly god
• 土(ど)神(じん) (Dojin): earth god
• 水(すい)神(じん) (Suijin): water god
• 火(か)神(じん) (Kajin): fire god
• 風(ふう)神(じん) (Fūjin): wind god

Derived terms

• 雷(らい)神(じん)鳥(ちょう) (raijinchō): a thunderbird.

See also

• 雷(らい)鳴(めい) (raimei): thunder, thunderclap
• 落(らく)雷(らい) (rakurai): a thunderbolt, lightning strike
• 稲(いな)妻(ずま) (inazuma): a thunder or lightning bolt; a lightning strike
• 稲(こう)光(でん) (kōden): (a flash of) lightning
• 雷(らい)電(でん) (raiden): thunder & lightning