雷神 in Chinese / Japanese...

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God of Thunder

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léi shén

rai jin

雷神 is how to write the Japanese “Thunder God.” They don't really have separate words for thunder and lightning in Japanese, so this is also the “Lightning God.”

雷神 makes sense in Chinese (though not a common title).

This is also the origin of the English name Raiden.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
雷神 see styles	léi shén lei2 shen2 lei shen raijin らいじん	More info & calligraphy: God of Thunder god of thunder (Chinese Leigong 雷公[Lei2 gong1], Norse Thor 索爾\|索尔[Suo3 er3], Greek Zeus 宙斯[Zhou4 si1] etc) (1) god of thunder; (2) {Shinto} Raijin (god of thunder); (place-name) Raijin
新雷神 see styles	shinraijin しんらいじん	新雷神 Custom Scroll (place-name) Shinraijin
雷神山 see styles	raijinyama らいじんやま	雷神山 Custom Scroll (personal name) Raijin'yama
雷神峠 see styles	raijintouge / raijintoge らいじんとうげ	雷神峠 Custom Scroll (place-name) Raijintōge
別雷神社 see styles	betsuraijinja べつらいじんじゃ	別雷神社 Custom Scroll (place-name) Betsurai Shrine
雷神之錘雷神之锤 see styles	léi shén zhī chuí lei2 shen2 zhi1 chui2 lei shen chih ch`ui lei shen chih chui	雷神之錘 Custom Scroll Quake (video game series)
雷神公司 see styles	léi shén gōng sī lei2 shen2 gong1 si1 lei shen kung ssu	雷神公司 Custom Scroll Raytheon Company, US defense contractor
雷神山古墳 see styles	raijinyamakofun らいじんやまこふん	雷神山古墳 Custom Scroll (place-name) Raijinyama Tumulus
賀茂別雷神社 see styles	kamowakeikazuchijinja / kamowakekazuchijinja かもわけいかづちじんじゃ	賀茂別雷神社 Custom Scroll (place-name) Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
God of Thunder	雷神	rai jin / raijin	léi shén / lei2 shen2 / lei shen / leishen