電 — electricity, electric

でん electricity
Grade 2 13 strokes home transport technology
U+96FB Freq #268 Heisig #535

Meanings

  • electricity
  • electric

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

Phono-semantic compound (形声). 雨 (rain) gives the meaning. The lower portion provides den. Electricity — originally meant lightning.

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Kangxi Radical

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