Depicts lightning (申) during a rainstorm (雨).
Components
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
申 Phonetic component
shēn express
to state to a superior, report
Depicts lightning.
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Historical Evolution
電
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
電
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
電
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
電
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
電
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
電
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
電
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
電
Regular
Modern
Chinese
电 / 電 [diàn]
lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
Japanese
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
電 でん
Den female given namesurname
電 とうそえ
Tousoe unclassified name
電 とうだ
Touda unclassified name
電 ひかり
Hikari unclassified name
電 ひかる
Hikaru female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
电话 [diànhuà] #219
telephone
打电话 [dǎdiànhuà] #314
to make a telephone call
电影 [diànyǐng] #458
movie
电视 [diànshì] #668
television
电脑 [diànnǎo] #957
computer
电子 [diànzǐ] #2,618
electronic
电力 [diànlì] #4,886
electrical power
电梯 [diàntī] #2,370
elevator
电信 [diànxìn] #20,217
telecommunications
电视台 [diànshìtái] #3,251
television station
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 電話 [でんわ] #1,411
telephone call
⭐ 電車 [でんしゃ] #2,610
train
⭐ 電気 [でんき] #3,815
electricity
⭐ 携帯電話 [けいたいでんわ] #4,378
mobile phone
電話をかける [でんわをかける] #7,200
to telephone
⭐ 電源 [でんげん] #7,559
source of electricity
⭐ 電波 [でんぱ] #8,603
radio wave
⭐ 稲妻 [いなずま] #10,442
lightning
電話を切る [でんわをきる] #10,555
to hang up
⭐ 電子 [でんし] #10,620
electron
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