電 means “electricity”

でん · den

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

デン

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 2 · 13 strokes

The story

Rain (雨) above and lightning striking below: electricity drawn exactly as the sky delivers it. From 電車 trains to 電話 phones, modern Japan runs on captured lightning.

Used in 電車 (densha, train), 電話 (denwa, telephone), and 電気 (denki, electricity)

Words with 電

• 電車 (でんしゃ, densha): train
• 電車 (でんしゃ, densha): train

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.