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雳
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thunderclap

HSK 10
Nature →Weather
lì
レキ
력
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 歷 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (靂)
雨 rain+ 歷 experience =
靂 thunderclap
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
歷 Phonetic component
experience
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Simplified (雳)
雨 rain+ 历 calendar =
雳 thunderclap
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
历 Phonetic component
lì calendar
old variant of 歷|历[lì]
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Notes
Similar Characters
屚 to leak雷 thunder需 need电 electric (simp)雩 offer sacrifice for rain雪 snow雯 cloud patterns雲 cloud (trad/jp)雳 crashing (simp)零 zero雹 hail電 electricity (trad/jp)雾 mist (simp)霁 to clear up after rain (simp)霂 fine霄 sky霅 thunder霆 a sudden peal of thunder震 quake霈 torrential rains
Chinese
雳 / 靂 [lì]
clap of thunder
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
霹雳 [Pī​lì] #11,824
Perak (state of Malaysia)
霹雳舞 [pī​lì​wǔ] #13,226
to breakdance
晴天霹雳 [qíng​tiān​pī​lì] #34,237
thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue
青天霹雳 [qīng​tiān​pī​lì] #68,489
thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue
列缺霹雳 [liè​quē​pī​lì]
thunder and lightning
霹雳啪啦 [pī​lì​pā​lā]
see 噼裡啪啦|噼里啪啦[pī​li​pā​lā]
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
青天の霹靂 [せいてんのへきれき] #39,862
a bolt out of the blue
霹靂 [へきれき] #58,461
thunder
霹靂神 [はたたがみ]
loud thunder