Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raijin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: rai-jin
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo.

Etymology

From Japanese 雷神 (Raijin), from Middle Chinese 雷 (lwoj, “thunder”) + 神 (zyin, “deity”, “spirit”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 雷神, -

Questions

What does raijin mean?: The Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo.
Where does raijin come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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