漢字城 Kanji Fortress

電 electricity

On'yomi
デン
Strokes
13
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
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  12. 12
  13. 13
電 is written in 13 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Rain (雨) clouds above, and a bolt with a sun-bright flash (日) twisting out below — lightning, the first electricity.

A common word

  • 電話 でんわ telephone

Example sentences

  • でんしゃでかいしゃへいきます。

    I go to the office by train.

  • あとででんわをします。

    I'll call you later.

Don't confuse it with

  • 雷 thunder N1

Kanji that share a part

雨 is its radical. 13 kanji share it in all.

  • 雪 snow
  • 雲 cloud N2
  • 零 zero N2
  • 漏 leak N2
  • 震 quake N2
  • 雰 atmosphere N1
  • 雷 thunder N1
  • 需 demand N1

日 is a component. 78 kanji share it in all.