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雷 Lei — a top-100 surname
76.3 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Lei |
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| Strokes | 13 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Nature |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'thunder', associated with the selfless soldier Lei Feng.
Theme basis：雷 = thunder
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China71
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write55
13 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
- Lei Feng — Soldier (1940–1962) whose selfless service became a national model in China.
- Lei Fada — Qing dynasty architect, founder of the Lei family style, chief designer of imperial palaces and gardens in Beijing.
- Lei Jieqiong — Chinese sociologist and political figure, professor at Peking University, vice chair of the NPC Standing Committee.
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