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Electric Electricity Power Telephone Light Electrical Phone Battery

Kanji
Onyomi デン
English electricity
Examples 電話(でんわ): (1) telephone call; phone call (2) telephone (device); phone
電気(でんき): (1) electricity (2) (electric) light
電力(でんりょく): electric power
電子(でんし): (1) electron (2) (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics
電車(でんしゃ): (electric) train
電波(でんぱ): (1) electro-magnetic wave; radio wave (2) nonsense
発電(はつでん): generation (e.g. power)
電源(でんげん): (1) source of electricity; electrical power (2) power (button on TV, etc.)
電池(でんち): battery
停電(ていでん): power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
電報(でんぽう): telegram
電流(でんりゅう): electric current
乾電池(かんでんち): dry cell; battery
電線(でんせん): (1) electric line; electric cable; power cable (2) telephone line; telegraph wire
電柱(でんちゅう): telephone pole; telegraph pole; lightpole
電球(でんきゅう): light bulb
電灯(でんとう): electric light
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 268
Components 雨: rain
日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 173
Radical Strokes 8
Radical Reading あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword electricity
Koohii Story 1 Think of a two natural sources of electricity: electrical storms (a form of weather) and electrical eels. 電話 でんわ phone, call.
Koohii Story 2 This kanji was invented by the first Chinaman to discover electricity. He was so unfortunate, he stepped on an electric eel and got struck by lighting at the same time.

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_nature_weather

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