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電

electricity
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. electricityRtK
    留守の間に田中さんから電話がありました。Mr Tanaka called during your absence.tatoeba
    大阪電気通信大学Osaka Electric Communication Universitywiki
  1. voltage

Popular Usage

電気電車電話電灯電報乾電池

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rain (雨) · weather · eel · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 574

Compound words

電気でんき
electricity; (electric) light
電車でんしゃ
train; electric train
電話でんわ
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
電灯でんとう
electric light
電報でんぽう
telegram
乾電池かんでんち
dry cell battery
電気街でんきがい
An "electric town": a district dense with electronics shops, as in Akihabara.
家電かでん
household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
外電がいでん
foreign telegram
終電しゅうでん
last train (of the day)
充電じゅうでん
charging (electrically); recharging one's batteries (e.g. by taking a nap); replenishing (one's energy)
祝電しゅくでん
congratulatory telegram
送電そうでん
transmission of electricity; electricity supply; power supply
弔電ちょうでん
telegram of condolence
停電ていでん
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
電圧でんあつ
voltage
電化でんか
electrification
電器でんき
electric (goods)
電機でんき
electrical machinery; appliances
電球でんきゅう
light bulb
電極でんきょく
electrode
電撃でんげき
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
電源でんげん
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
電光でんこう
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source

Additional Examples

彼は忙しい人だから、電話でなければ連絡をとれないですよ。
He is a busy man, so you can only get in touch with him by telephone.tatoeba
彼は忘れるといけないので私の電話番号を書き留めた。
He wrote down my phone number in case he should forget it.tatoeba
彼は母親が死亡したという電報を受け取った。
He received a telegram saying that his mother had died.tatoeba
彼は母の誕生日には必ず電話をかける。
He never fails to call his mother on her birthday.tatoeba
情報・電気・電子
Information Science, Electrical and Electronic Sciencewiki
電車でのアクセス
By Trainwiki
国鉄183系電車
JNR/JR 183 Series Limited Expresswiki
荷物室にバッテリーを置いて車内照明を電灯化している。
Lighting inside a car was electrified by a battery placed in a luggage room.wiki
1892年　中外電報を廃刊、日出新聞のみとする。
1892: Chugai Denpo ceased publication and only Hinode shimbun remained.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

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