雷

   田んぼの上の雷

            Versions of X96F7 雷

X96F7 雷 is Unicode character number 38647, KanjiLiberal, Kaminari.

X96F7 雷 can be pronounced as "kaminari" and denote thuderstorm, lightning.

X96F7 雷 is easy to confuse with character XF949 雷 that has similar graphical presentation, similar pronunciation and similar meaning.

Graphic

Character X96F7 雷 looks as combination of two characters:

any of kanjis Ame (X2FAC ⾬ or X96E8 雨) at the top and
any of kanjis RiceField (X2F65 ⽥ or X7530 田) at the bottom.

The combination can be menorized as a rain (X2FAC ⾬ or X96E8 雨)
above the rice field (X2F65 ⽥ or X7530 田);
so it is shown in the first picture.

Specific view of character X96F7 雷 depend on the software. The variety is shown in the second picture.

Up to year 2021, no unique standard font for the unicode characters seem to be established. Such a standard would allow the same characters to look similar at various computers with some default font; and, perhaps, different characters could look different. The last would allow to avoid confusion mentioned below.

Confusion: 雷 and 雷

Characters X96F7 雷 and XF949 雷 have similar shape (the same shape at some computers).

Even a native Japanese speaker, watching characters 雷 and 雷, is unlikely to answer:
Which of them is X96F7?
Which of them is XF949?

The software also confuse these characters.
In particular, at the standard setting of mediawiki, it is not possible to create two separated articles entitled 雷 and 雷:
an attempt to access 雷 leads to 雷. For this reason, the hexadecimal presentations of some kanjis are used as names of the articles.

The manuals on Kanjis have the common defect: they suggest ways to draw the characters, but do not suggest a way to distinguish them; for example, to distinguish X96F7 雷 from XF949 雷. Most of textbooks to do not even mention this problem.

At the vie of a character, similar to 雷, the correct specification is

"X96F7 雷 or XF949 雷"

Term Kaminari is defined to substitute this (long and complicated) construction.

Synonyms

    ⛈

Enlarged X26C8

Due to graphic, phonetic and semantic similarity, XF949 雷 should be qualified as synonym of X96F7 雷.

Character X26C8 ⛈ also has the similar meaning (rain with thunder);
it can be considered as synonym of characters X96F7 雷 and XF949 雷.

Jisho

Jisho suggests:

かみなり 雷

common word jlpt n3 wanikani level 44

Noun 1. lightning; thunder; thunderbolt​

Noun 2. god of thunder; god of lightning​Only applies to かみなり

Noun 3. anger; fit of anger​Only applies to かみなり

Wikipedia definition 4. Lightning​Lightning is an atmospheric electrical discharge accompan...

Other forms 雷 【いかずち】、雷 【いかづち】、雷 【らい】

Notes いかづち: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.

Nihongomaster

Nihongomaster suggests:

雷 13 Strokes Radicals: 雨 JLPT Level 1

Definition of 雷 thunder lightning bolt

Readings On'Yomi (音読み) ライ

Kun'yomi (訓読み) かみなり   いかずち   いかづち

Popular Words With This Kanji

地雷, じらい land mine

雷, かみなり, いかずち, いかづち, らい thunder

機雷, きらい (sea) mine

落雷, らくらい thunderbolt, bolt of lightning

雷雨, らいう thunderstorm

魚雷, ぎょらい torpedo

雷雲, らいうん thunder cloud

雷鳴, らいめい thunder

万雷, ばんらい heavy thunder

雷神, らいじん god of thunder

Charles Kelly

Charles Kelly suggests:

雷 thunder thunder; lightening bolt ライ かみなり

Strokes: 13, Indexing radical: 雨

Selected Words with Definitions from WWWJDIC
地雷 じらい land mine (n) *
機雷 きらい (sea) mine (n)
雷雨 らいう thunderstorm (n)
落雷 らくらい thunderbolt; bolt of lightning (n)
魚雷 ぎょらい torpedo (n)
雷雲 らいうん thunder cloud (n)
雷鳴 らいめい thunder (n)
万雷 ばんらい heavy thunder (n)
避雷針 ひらいしん lightning rod (n)
雷神 らいじん god of lightning (n)

Kotobank

Kotobank suggests:

雷（読み）かみなり（英語表記）thunderstorm

翻訳｜thunderstorm

日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「雷」の解説

雷 かみなり thunderstorm

電光が見え、雷鳴が聞こえる天気状態。遠方の雷は、電光が見えても雷鳴は聞こえない。そこで気象庁では、観測地点の天気状態を表現するにあたって冒頭のように規定している。 ［三崎方郎］

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References

Keywords

Charles Kelly, Confusion, Japanese, Jisho, Kanji, KanjiConfudal, KanjiLiberal, KanjiRadical, Kotobank, Nihongomaster, Unicode, X26A1 ⚡ , X26C8 ⛈ , X96F7 雷 , XF949 雷