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Kanji Information Sheet for 電 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 雨 (あめ) – rain
Henshall Mnemonic: lightning strikes field in electric rain storm
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #268 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #268 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 電気 [でんき]
(n) electricity; (electric) light [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電車 [でんしゃ]
(n) electric train [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電話 [でんわ]
(n,vs) telephone [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
- 停電 [ていでん]
(n,vs) failure of electricity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電球 [でんきゅう]
(n) light bulb [K] [D] [Jisho] - 発電 [はつでん]
(n,vs) generation (e.g. power) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電池 [でんち]
(n) battery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電柱 [でんちゅう]
(n) telephone pole; telegraph pole; lightpole [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電波 [でんぱ]
(n) electro-magnetic wave [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乾電池 [かんでんち]
(n) dry cell; battery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電流 [でんりゅう]
(n) electric current [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電力 [でんりょく]
(n) electric power [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 電源 [でんげん]
(n) source of electricity; power (button on TV, etc.) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電線 [でんせん]
(n) electric line [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 電器 [でんき]
(n) electric (goods) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電機 [でんき]
(n) electrical machinery; appliances [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電気製品 [でんきせいひん]
electronic goods [K] [D] [Jisho] - 超電導 [ちょうでんどう]
(n) superconductivity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公衆電話 [こうしゅうでんわ]
public telephone [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電極 [でんきょく]
(n) electrode [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電撃 [でんげき]
(n) electric shock [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電源開発 [でんげんかいはつ]
electric power resource development [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電光 [でんこう]
(n) lightning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 蓄電池 [ちくでんち]
(n) storage battery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 送電 [そうでん]
(n) electric supply [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国電 [こくでん]
(n) national railroad [K] [D] [Jisho] - 配電 [はいでん]
(n) distribution of electricity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 弔電 [ちょうでん]
(n) telegram of condolence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 終電 [しゅうでん]
(n) last train [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電磁石 [でんじしゃく]
(n) electromagnet [K] [D] [Jisho] - 懐中電灯 [かいちゅうでんとう]
electric torch; flashlight [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電信 [でんしん]
(n) telegraph [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電卓 [でんたく]
(n) calculator [K] [D] [Jisho] - 発電機 [はつでんき]
(n) dynamo; power generator [K] [D] [Jisho] - 発電所 [はつでんしょ]
(n) power plant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電通大 [でんつうだい]
(abbr) University of Electro-Communications [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電鉄 [でんてつ]
(n) electric railway [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電動 [でんどう]
(n) electric [K] [D] [Jisho] - 充電 [じゅうでん]
(n,vs) (1) charging (electrically); (2) electrification [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.