Chinese Character 電 Meanings and components.

Form

電

Meaning

電 meaning[3] in English

Lightning.

Electricity.

Electric (Bound Form).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 電 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are rain (雨) , and lightning (电)

Its radical[1] is: 雨 (yu3) which means: Rain, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2], .雨yu3rain

In cangjie it is written with MBWU

How to write 電

To write電dian4lightning you should write a combination of 雨yu3rain , 电dian4lightning arranged in a 吕 shape:

雨 + 电 = 電

電 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 電 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 電, looks as follow:

電
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Lightning . Electricity . Electric (Bound Form) . To Get (Or Give) An Electric Shock . Phone Call Or Telegram Etc . To Send Via Telephone Or Telegram Etc
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
电
Pinyin:dian4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Lightning . Electricity . Electric (Bound Form) . To Get (Or Give) An Electric Shock . Phone Call Or Telegram Etc . To Send Via Telephone Or Telegram Etc
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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