# 雷電
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): léidiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^4$ din$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi-thien
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-tiān
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$le-di
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: léidiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: léidiàn
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^2$-tien$^4$
*** Yale: léi-dyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leidiann
*** Palladius: лэйдянь (lɛjdjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^4$ din$^6$
*** Yale: lèuih dihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^4$ din$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^4$ din$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯²¹ tiːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi-thien
*** Hakka Romanization System: lui$^ˇ$ tien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lui$^2$ tian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-tiān
*** Tâi-lô: luî-tiān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lui'dien
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² tiɛn²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ tiɛn³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$le-di
*** MiniDict: le$^去$ di
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$le-di
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² di⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: lwoj denH
Rime :
| Character | 雷 | 電 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 魯回切 | 堂練切 |
| Baxter | lwoj | denH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luʌi/ | /den$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luoi/ | /den$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luɒi/ | /dɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwəj/ | /dɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /luᴀi/ | /den$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /luɒi/ | /dien$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /luɑ̆i/ | /dʱien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | léi | diàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^4$ | din$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.rˤuj lˤi[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl l'iːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 雷 | 電 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | léi | diàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lwoj › | ‹ den$^H$ › |
| 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 | 雷 | 電 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 7707 | 11233 |
| Phonetic component | 畾 | 申 |
| Rime group | 微 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雷 | 電 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːl/ | /*l'iːns/ |

### Noun

雷電
* thunder and/or lightning

#### Derived terms

* 疾如雷電／疾如雷电
* 雷電交加／雷电交加 (léidiànjiāojiā)
* 雷電法王／雷电法王 (Léidiàn Fǎwáng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 雷電(らいでん) (raiden)
* → Korean: 뇌전(雷電) (noejeon)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 雷 | 電 |
| らい Grade: S | でん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

雷(らい)電(でん) • (raiden)
* thunder and lightning
* thunder
* lightning

#### See also

* 金剛(こんごう) (kongō): diamond; thunderbolt
* 稲妻(いなずま) (inazuma): lightning bolt
* 落雷(らくらい) (rakurai): thunderbolt; lightning strike
* 雷鳴(らいめい) (raimei): thunder; thunderclap; peal of thunder