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電

JLPT N5 SL2 13 strokes Frequency: #120

Meanings

electricity, lightning

Radicals

雨

Decomposition

⿱雨电

Etymology

Ideographic: A thunderbolt 电 cast by a storm cloud 雨

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical bottom-to-top

10 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

12 horizontal left-to-right

13 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

デン den

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かみなり kaminari

thunder

いなずま inazuma

lightning

Words Using This Kanji

1195 words total

デン (10 words)

電車でんしゃ

train / electric train

電話でんわ

telephone / phone

電気でんき

electricity / electric light

電話をかけるでんわをかける

to call (someone) / make a phone call

電話するでんわする

to call by phone / phone / make a phone call

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Other (1185 words)

電マでんマ

electric massager

電ノコでんノコ

electric saw

電リクでんリク

phone in request (e.g. calling a radio station to request a song)

イタ電いたでん

crank call

デコ電デコでん

decorated cell phone

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