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雳

靂
lì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a sudden clap of thunder

Examples

HSK 7-9
天空中突然响起一声霹雳。
Tiānkōng zhōng tūrán xiǎngqǐ yì shēng pīlì.
A violent thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky.
HSK 7-9
这个消息对他来说就像晴天霹雳。
Zhège xiāoxi duì tā láishuō jiù xiàng qíngtiān-pīlì.
The news hit him like a bolt from the blue.

Tips

usage
Bound to 霹雳 (a sudden, violent thunderclap). 雳 never stands alone in modern Chinese - it always partners with 霹.

Components

radical
雨 yǔ
rain
Top rain radical 雨. Like other storm words, 雳 carries 雨 to mark it as a thunder-and-lightning phenomenon.
phonetic
历 lì
to experience; calendar
Below the rain top, 历 supplies the exact sound lì. It is the simplified phonetic; in the traditional form 靂 the fuller 歷 element is used.

Stroke Order

雳 lì