【電】(den/ electronics, electricity) Japanese Kanji | JLPT N5

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In this time, I will introduce the Kanji character 電.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are
・でん　den

For example,
・電気　でんき　den-ki
It means electricity
・静電気　せいでんき　sei-den-ki
It is static electricity

・電話　でんわ　den-wa
It means telephone

・電車　でんしゃ　den-sha
It means train

・電化製品　でんかせいひん　den-ka sei-hin
It means electrical appliance

・家電　かでん　ka-den
It means consumer electronics

・充電　じゅうでｎ　juu-den
It means recharging (e.g. battery)

・電池　でんち　den-chi
It means battery
・乾電池　かんでんち　kan-den-chi
It is dry cell battery
・充電池　じゅうでんち　juu-den-chi
It is rechargeable battery

・発電　はつでん　hatsu-den
It means generation (e.g. power)
・自家発電　じかはつでん　ji-ka hatsu-den
It is private power generation

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, this kanji has no kun-reading.

③ Special reading

Next is a special reading.
This kanji has no special reading.

Meanings

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "電".
・electricity
・electronics

Radical

And the radical of this character is 雨　ame-kanmuri
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

There is no family name that uses the kanji character "電", which is widely used in Japan

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 電

Famous person

Next, I will introduce a Japanese celebritie who use the Kanji 電
・雷電 爲右エ門　らいでんたうえもん　Raiden Tauemon
He is a legendary sumo wrestler of the Edo period.

Place

Next, I will introduce a tourist attraction that use the kanji character for 電.
・日本電波塔　にっぽんでんぱとう　nippon denpa tou
It's the official name of the Tokyo Tower.

Look-alikes

Here is a kanji that is similar to 電
・雷　らい、かみなり　rai, kaminari
It means thunder

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