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The character 雷 is a phono-semantic compound. Its top component, the rain radical 雨, connects it to weather and storms. The bottom component, 田, originally represented a field, but here it functions as a phonetic element derived from an older form depicting the rumbling sound of thunder. Together, the structure evokes the booming noise of a storm rolling over farmland. The core meaning refers to thunder, lightning, and loud, explosive sounds, and it can figuratively describe something terrifying, shocking, or overwhelmingly loud.
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雷声很大。
今天下午可能会打雷。
雷电交加的夜晚很可怕。
汽车的雷达系统很先进。
士兵小心地排除了地雷。
天气预报说晚上有雷雨。
抗日战争中使用了手雷。
这两篇论文有雷同之处。