電 — electricity, electric
でん
電
electricity
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
13 strokes
home
transport
technology
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.
Meanings
- electricity
- electric
word
てん ・でん ten On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Appears in idioms
Components
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 雨 (rain) gives the meaning. The lower portion provides den. Electricity — originally meant lightning.