lightning

(rain) + (rice field)
★★☆☆☆
3 strokes
The sound effect of thunder is GORO, GORO!!!

Onyomi

RAI

Mnemonic

The RAIghtning fell from the rainy sky onto the rice field

Kunyomi

かみなり lightning and thunder (in Japanese, the same word applies to both, which kind of makes sense)
★★★☆☆

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
lightning RICE FIELD
shake, tremble PAYBACK
cloud MOOCOW
get cloudy SUN

Lightning hits the RICE FIELD so near

PAYBACK makes me tremble with fear

Cloud hovers over a MOOCOW,

but when the SUN is hidden behind clouds, it gets more cloudy.