The kanji 電: meaning, readings and stroke order

電

Meaning: electricity
On reading: デン den
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 雨 rain
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: điện
Japanese: でんき。
Korean: 전기 (전)
Chinese: 电

Readings, words and example sentences

デン den · on reading

電でん車しゃ
train
電でん車しゃで東京へ行きます。
I go to Tokyo by train.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.