Amazing Chinese Characters (248) Thunder - 雷

The shell bone script for character Thunder is

Both have lightning (Electricity, see Post 247) in the middle, and two 口 in the left one, and two 田 in the right one. The 口 and 田 are big wheels. Ancient Chinese believed that the big sound of thunder was from the big wheel rolling of war-God vehicle in the sky.

The big seal script for character Thunder is

 the middle is lightning because thundering happens with lightning often. There are 4 big wheels of war-God around the lightning.

The small seal script for character Thunder is

The top

is Rain (Post 8) because the Thunder is always accompanying with raining. The bottom are 3 big wheels. But the lightning disappeared. Ancient Chinese might have thought that the thundering is with raining more than lightning.

The clerical script for character Thunder is

The top is Rain, and the bottom is one wheel (looks like Field).

Its Pinyin is Lei2.

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