电
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lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
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Dict coverage rank #44 U+7535
How 电 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨
components: 曰 乚
How to remember it
electricity · Heisig RSH #1484
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 电
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电子人 | diàn zǐ rén | cyborg |
| 电子学 | diàn zǐ xué | electronics |
| 电子 | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 水电 | shuǐ diàn | hydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity |
| 电白区 | Diàn bái Qū | Dianbai, a district of Maoming City 茂名市[Mao4 ming2 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 市电 | shì diàn | utility power; mains electricity |
| 电学 | diàn xué | electrical engineering |
| 电马儿 | diàn mǎ r | (dialect) electric bicycle |
| 电化学 | diàn huà xué | electrochemistry |
| 天电 | tiān diàn | atmospherics; static |
| 家电 | jiā diàn | household electric appliance; abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 |
| 电动机 | diàn dòng jī | electric motor |
| 电动力学 | diàn dòng lì xué | electrodynamics |
| 白电 | bái diàn | white goods (abbr. for 白色家電|白色家电[bai2 se4 jia1 dian4]) |
| 电白 | Diàn bái | see 電白區|电白区[Dian4 bai2 Qu1] |
| 机电 | jī diàn | machinery and power-generating equipment; electromechanical |
| 电动 | diàn dòng | electric-powered; (Tw) video game |
| 电机 | diàn jī | electrical machinery |
| 有电 | yǒu diàn | electric (apparatus); electrified; having electricity supply (of a house) |
| 电气化 | diàn qì huà | electrification; to convert to electrical power (esp. for railways, factories or other inf… |