雷

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thunder

On-Yomi: ライ — Kun-Yomi: かみなり

Elements:

thunder, rain, weather, rice field, brains

Heisig story:

The full rumble and roar and terror of thunder is best felt not with your head tucked under your pillow safe in bed, but out in an open rice field where you can get the real feel of the weather.

Koohii stories:

1) [smithsonian] 5-4-2007(137): If it's raining and you're standing in the middle of a rice field, you're sure to soon become acquainted with the thunder up close and personal.

2) [Keith] 21-7-2006(67): Thunder is a sure sign of rain coming. When you hear the thunder, you've got time to get out of the field before it starts raining.

3) [captal] 28-3-2008(44): I've been told by Japanese people that this word, 雷 （かみなり）　means BOTH thunder and lightning together. Though there is no individual word for thunder, there is for lightning (いなずま）, so I understand where Heisig is coming from. Just remember a powerful storm over an empty field and you're sure to remember this kanji.

4) [Bullwhip] 3-5-2008(20): It's the Thunder with the rain that'll rattle your brain.

5) [James87] 21-3-2011(9): In the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, once you obtain the third Spiritual Stone, you head to the castle to see the Princess. By the time you get there, RAIN is lashing down on Hyrule FIELD and thunder crashes overhead. And then you're nearly flattened by a horse, attacked by a madman and made to jump into a moat! Life's tough.

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