See also: 雷电

Chinese edit

thunder electric; electricity; electrical
trad. (雷電)
simp. (雷电)
alternative forms 靁電靁电

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (7)
Final () (42) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter lwoj denH
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7707 11233
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːl/ /*l'iːns/

Noun edit

雷電

  1. thunder and/or lightning

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Japanese edit

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

Noun edit

(らい)(でん) (raiden

  1. thunder and lightning
  2. thunder
  3. lightning

See also edit