Kanji 電: "electricity"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 電

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 電でん話わtelephone call; phone call · telephone (device); phone
• 電でん車しゃtrain; electric train
• 電でん気きelectricity · (electric) light
• 携けい帯たい電でん話わtéléphone portable, mobile
• 電でん話わをかけるto telephone; to make a phone call
• 電でん源げんsource of electricity; electrical power · power (button on TV, etc.)
• 電でん波ぱradio wave; reception; signal · saying strange things
• 電でん話わを切きるto hang up; to end a telephone conversation
• 電でん子しelectron · electronic
• 電でん撃げきelectric shock · blitz; lightning attack
• 電でん話わ番ばん号ごうtelephone number; phone number
• 電でん流りゅうelectric current

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