电

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lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨

Components 曰乚

electricity · Heisig RSH #1484

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
打电话	dǎ diàn huà	to make a telephone call
电视机	diàn shì jī	television set; CL:臺\|台[tai2]
电话	diàn huà	telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
电视	diàn shì	television; TV; CL:臺\|台[tai2],部[bu4]
电脑	diàn nǎo	computer; CL:臺\|台[tai2]
电影	diàn yǐng	movie; film; CL:部[bu4]
电影院	diàn yǐng yuàn	cinema; movie theater; CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4]
电子人	diàn zǐ rén	cyborg
电子学	diàn zǐ xué	electronics
电子	diàn zǐ	electronic; electron (particle physics)
水电	shuǐ diàn	hydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity
电白区	Diàn bái Qū	Dianbai, a district of Maoming City 茂名市[Mao4 ming2 Shi4], Guangdong
市电	shì diàn	utility power; mains electricity
电学	diàn xué	electrical engineering
电马儿	diàn mǎ r	(dialect) electric bicycle
电化学	diàn huà xué	electrochemistry
天电	tiān diàn	atmospherics; static
家电	jiā diàn	household electric appliance; abbr. for 家用電器\|家用电器
电动机	diàn dòng jī	electric motor
电动力学	diàn dòng lì xué	electrodynamics