雳

靂

lì

noun

Meanings

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.

他用雷霆万钧之势全力以赴。

Tā yòng léitíngwànjūn zhī shì quánlìyǐfù.

He went all out, with thunderbolt force.

usage

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

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.

雳 lì