電
でん
den
JLPT N513 strokesKanjiLevel 10 - JLPT N5
Quick answer
電 is the kanji for "Electricity". A common reading is でん (den). You can practice writing it on this page.
Meaning
Electricity
Also : Electric · Telegram · Lightning
Readings
onでん/ den
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
Trace the kanji stroke by stroke with a visual guide.
Memory Aid
Meaning ·
Lightning (雷) striking down into rice fields (田) — each bolt illuminates the paddies below with raw electric power, charging the air around it.
Reading ·
でん (den) sounds like 'den' — a bear's den is lit up by electric lightning from above.
Example Sentences
電話してください。
でんわしてください。
Please call me.
電車は便利です。
でんしゃはべんりです。
Trains are convenient.
Vocabulary using 電
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