電

See also: 电
電 U+96FB, 電
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96FB
← 雺
[U+96FA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雼 →
[U+96FC]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

電 (radical 173, 雨+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一月田山 (MBWU), four-corner 10716, composition ⿱⻗⿻日乚 (GHTJKV))

References
  • KangXi: page 1373, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1882, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4060, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+96FB

Chinese
trad. 電
simp. 电

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (申) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
電 *l'iːns
胂 *l̥ʰin, *hlin
申 *hlin
伸 *hlin
呻 *hlin
紳 *hlin
眒 *hlin, *hlins
柛 *hlin
訷 *hlin
抻 *hlins
神 *hlin
朄 *lins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'iːns) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 申 (OC *hlin).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • diang7 - Shantou;
  • diêng7 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 電
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 堂練切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /denH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /denH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /denH/
Wang
Li		 /dienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 diàn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 電
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 diàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ denH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lˁi[n]-s/
English lightning

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 電
Reading # 1/1
No. 11233
Phonetic
component		 申
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 電
Old
Chinese		 /*l'iːns/

Definitions

電

  1. † lightning
  2. electricity
    我屋企而家冇電。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我屋企而家冇电。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Ngo5 uk1 kei5 ji4 gaa1 mou5 din6. [Jyutping]
    The power at my place is currently out.
  3. electric; electrical
  4. electric power or energy; electricity
    我手機沒電了。 / 我手机没电了。  ―  Wǒ shǒujī méi diàn le.  ―  My phone is dead.
    我部腦冇電喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我部脑冇电喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Ngo5 bou6 nou5 mou5 din6 laa3. [Jyutping]
    My computer is dead.
  5. (colloquial) romantic attraction; chemistry
  6. Short for 電話／电话 (diànhuà, “telephone; phone call”).
  7. Short for 電報／电报 (diànbào, “telegram”).
    唁電 / 唁电  ―  yàndiàn  ―  telegram of condolence
  8. Short for 電臺／电台 (diàntái, “broadcasting station; radio station”).
  9. to get an electric shock; to be electrocuted
  10. to make a telephone call
  11. to send a telegram
  12. fast; speedy

Compounds
Derived terms from 電

Japanese

Kanji
電

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. lightning
  2. electricity

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
電
いなずま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of いな (ina, “rice plant”) +‎ つま (tsuma, “spouse”). From an old folk belief that lightning joined with the rice plant to bring it to seed. The tsuma changes to zuma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

電 (hiragana いなずま, rōmaji inazuma, historical hiragana いなづま)

  1. lightning

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

電 (eumhun 번개 전 (beon-gae jeon))

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  1. lightning
  2. electricity

Vietnamese

Han character

電 (điện)

  1. electricity

Compounds

References
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