电 (diàn) — Chinese Character

电

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

Radical: 曰 HSK 1 n ideographic

Components & Etymology

电 decomposes into the following components:

曰乚

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 电.

供电

gōng diàn

停电

tíng diàn

充电

chōng diàn

光电

guāng diàn

压电

yā diàn

发电

fā diàn

变电

biàn diàn

唁电

yàn diàn

回电

huí diàn

外电

wài diàn

天电

tiān diàn

家电

jiā diàn

Characters that share the radical 曰.

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