• 685th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 137 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. léi (Lei2)surname Lei
2. léi (lei2)thunder • (internet slang) terrifying • terrific

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

迅雷 
雷人 
雷同 
雷锋 (雷鋒)
雷霆 

Uncommon

哈姆雷特 
地雷 
大发雷霆 (大發雷霆)
如雷贯耳 (如雷貫耳)
手雷 
打雷 
扫雷 (掃雷)
格雷 
贝雷帽 (貝雷帽)
避雷针 (避雷針)
雷克萨斯 (雷克薩斯)
雷公 
雷厉风行 (雷厲風行)
雷峰塔 
雷州 
雷州市 
雷恩 
雷打不动 (雷打不動)
雷击 (雷擊)
雷暴 
雷管 
雷声 (雷聲)
雷诺 (雷諾)
雷达 (雷達)
雷阵雨 (雷陣雨)
雷雨 
雷电 (雷電)
雷鸣 (雷鳴)
惊雷 (驚雷)
鱼雷 (魚雷)

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  • 252nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 297 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guǎn (Guan3)surname Guan
2. guǎn (guan3)to take care (of) • to control • to manage • to be in charge of • to look after • to run • to care about • tube • pipe • (spoken) to • towards

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for guǎn (guan3)The component is pronounced as 'guān' (guan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不管 

Uncommon

主管 
保管 
尽管 (儘管)
别管 (別管)
吸管 
城管 
心血管 
水管 
监管 (監管)
管制 
管家 
管教 
管理 
管理员 (管理員)
管用 
管道 
血管 
试管 (試管)
钢管 (鋼管)
高管 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.