電

音読おんよみ: デン

訓読くんよみ: いなずま

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: 雨(あめかんむり)

Meaning

Electricity / Lightning

  • 電気でんき — electricity
  • 電話でんわ — telephone
  • 電車でんしゃ — train
  • 電池でんち — battery
  • 電波でんぱ — radio wave
  • 電源でんげん — power source
  • 充電じゅうでん — charging (a battery)
  • 発電はつでん — power generation
  • 漏電ろうでん — electric leakage

電 originally points to lightning in storm clouds (雨). Today it also means “electricity,” so it shows up everywhere — phones, trains, batteries, signals, and daily power use.

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