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電 — 13 strokes / Radical「雨」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 13 strokes / Radical「雨」
On
デンでん · den
Kun
—
Meaning
electricity

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

In the rain family — the shape of lightning: electricity.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onデンでんden電気でんき電報でんぽう発電はつでん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 電車でんしゃ

    train

  • 電話でんわ

    telephone

More words with this kanji

  • 電池でんち
  • 電線でんせん
  • 電流でんりゅう
  • 電波でんぱ
  • 電柱でんちゅう
  • 電灯でんとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

電車(でんしゃ)に のります。

I ride the train.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

電話電車電話to tal…車car雪snow雲cloud雨rain雫drop雰atmosp…田rice…伝to tra…佃cultiv…甸the ro…拈to twi…
CompoundRadicalReading

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