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電 kanji
electricity
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
デン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 電
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —電休suspension of power supply
- —始電first train
- —受電receiving electricity; receiving a phone call; taking a call; receiving a telegram
- —静電static electricity; electrostatic
- —電鐘electric signal bell (esp. at railway crossings)
- —陸電shore power (for use by boats); shoreside electric power
- —電纜(electrical) cable; power cable
- —売電selling electricity (e.g. domestic solar power to a power company)
- —電マelectric massager; electronic money
- —電影movie; film; lightning
- —電装fitting (electrical equipment); wiring
- —変電transformation of electrical energy
- —逆電(TV or radio host) calling a listener
- —鬼電calling someone over the phone many times
- —別電separate telegram; different telegram
- —電凸flooding a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards)
- —電書electronic book; e-book; ebook
- —直電calling someone directly (by telephone); phone number
- —都電metropolitan tramway; tram operated by the metropolitan government (esp. Tokyo)
- —答電reply telegram; answer to a telegram; (electronic) reply message (sent by a government, head of state, etc.)