電 — electricity, electric
でん
電
electricity
でん
U+96FB
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #268
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #535
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Remember 電
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Meanings
- electricity
- electric
Readings
- On'yomi
- でん den
word
でん den On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
49 wordsEach dot is a word containing 電: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 26 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 雨 (rain) gives the meaning. The lower portion provides den. Electricity — originally meant lightning.