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電

電 – electricity

13 strokesTaught in grade 2#268 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 電 means electricity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is デン (den). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiデンden

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 173). Components: 雨・田・乙.

Words using 電

電気でんきelectricity電車でんしゃtrain電話でんわtelephone call電灯でんとうelectric light電報でんぽうtelegram停電ていでんpower outage電子でんしelectron電球でんきゅうlight bulb電池でんちbattery電柱でんちゅうutility pole電波でんぱradio wave電流でんりゅうelectric current電力でんりょくelectric power発電はつでんgeneration of electricity乾電池かんでんちdry cell battery電源でんげんsource of electricity

Example sentences

このエアコンは電気を多量に消費する。
This air conditioner consumes a lot of electricity.
Tatoeba #223979
電気を消すのを忘れないで。
Don't forget to turn the light off.
Tatoeba #124838
あなたは始発電車に間にあいましたか。
Did you catch the first train?
Tatoeba #231991

Kanji with the same radical

震露需雨雪零雲雰霊雷霞霧霜雫霰

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