| Kanji | 電 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 雨 |
| 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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