KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小213 strokesRadical 雨#268 in newspapers

電 · electricity

電 is a kanji meaning electricity. It has 13 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

None in KANJIDIC2.

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 電
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
電気でんき	でんき	electricity, (electric) light	N5
電車でんしゃ	でんしゃ	electric train	N5
電話でんわ	でんわ	a telephone	N5
電灯でんとう	でんとう	electric light	N4
電報でんぽう	でんぽう	telegram	N4
停電ていでん	ていでん	failure of electricity	N3

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More words that use 電
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
電子でんし	でんし	electron; electronic	N3
乾電池かんでんち	かんでんち	dry cell, battery	N2
電球でんきゅう	でんきゅう	light bulb	N2
電池でんち	でんち	battery	N2
電柱でんちゅう	でんちゅう	telephone pole, telegraph pole, light pole	N2
電波でんぱ	でんぱ	electro-magnetic wave	N2
電流でんりゅう	でんりゅう	electric current	N2
電力でんりょく	でんりょく	electric power	N2
発電はつでん	はつでん	generation (e.g., power)	N2
電源でんげん	でんげん	source of electricity, power (e.g., button on TV)	N1

電気を消すな。

でんきをけすな

Don't turn off the light.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #124839 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

13 strokes