Read Edit View history 蕾 lěi HSK7 buds Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 雷 represents the sound. Components 艹 艹 Meaning component cao, cǎo grass 艹 is a component form of 艸. 雷 雷 Sound component léi thunder Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangruːlʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang