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Mythic Mandarin

雷公 (Léi gōng): meaning and stroke order

雷公 (Léi gōng) means Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology.

雷公

Simplified
雷公
Traditional
雷公 (same form)
Pinyin
Léi gōng

Stroke order of 雷公

雷

  • Léi surname Lei
  • léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

公

  • gōng public; collectively owned
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 雷公

  1. Léi gōng
    • Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology

Radicals of the characters

雷
Radical 雨 (Kangxi radical 173) · 13 strokes · 雨 on top, 田 below
公
Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 4 strokes · 八 on top, 厶 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

雷公 in our stories

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  • 父亲却慢慢伸过手来，轻轻拍着她的背，用沙哑的声音唱起了那首歌：“雷公雷公你别吵，我家宝宝要睡觉。”

    fùqīn què mànmàn shēn guò shǒu lái qīngqīng pāi zhe tā de bèi yòng shāyǎ de shēngyīn chàng qǐ le nà shǒu gē Léigōng Léigōng nǐ bié chǎo wǒ jiā bǎobao yào shuìjiào

    Her father slowly reached out, patted her back gently, and in a hoarse voice began to sing that song: "Thunder god, thunder god, don't make a noise, my baby needs to sleep."

    From the story The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 雷公

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).