電気

See also: 電氣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
でん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Mandarin 電氣 (diànqì, electricity)[1], attested since the Meiji period.

Alternative forms

  • (rare, possibly dated) 𬇐

Pronunciation

Noun

電気 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 電氣, hiragana でんき, rōmaji denki)

  1. electricity
  2. electric light

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See also

  •  (でん) () (しき) (denki-shiki, electrical, electric)
  • エレクトリック (erekutorikku, electric)

References

  1. Yutaka Fujita, 「電気」語源考, Nihon Eigakushi Kenkyūkai Kenkyū Hōkoku, 1967, no. 76
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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