電
See also: 电
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Translingual
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Han character
電 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一月田山 (MBWU), four-corner 10716, composition ⿱⻗⿻日乚(GTJKV) or ⿱⻗⿻日㇄(H))
References
- KangXi: page 1373, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42253
- Dae Jaweon: page 1882, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4060, character 1
- Unihan data for U+96FB
Chinese
trad. | 電 | |
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simp. | 电 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 電 | |
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Western Zhou | Warring States |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (申) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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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/形声, OC *l'iːns) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 申 (OC *hlin); also ideogrammic (會意/会意) : 雨 + 申 (“lightning”).
Etymology
Sino-Tibetan or area word; compare Proto-Mien *liŋ (“lightning”), Chepang प्लीङ्हसा (pliŋh‑, “to flash; to shine brightly”) (Benedict, 1976; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
電
- (uncountable) lightning
- 閃電/闪电 ― shǎndiàn ― lightning
- 電閃雷鳴/电闪雷鸣 ― diànshǎnléimíng ― lightning flashes and thunder rumbles
- (uncountable) electric power or energy; electricity [from late 19th c.]
- 我手機沒電了。/我手机没电了。 ― Wǒ shǒujī méi diàn le. ― My phone is dead.
- 我屋企而家冇電。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- ngo5 uk1 kei5 ji4 gaa1 mou5 din6. [Jyutping]
- The power at my place is currently out.
我屋企而家冇电。 [Cantonese, simp.]- 我電腦冇電喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- ngo5 din6 nou5 mou5 din6 laa3. [Jyutping]
- My computer is dead.
我电脑冇电喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- electric; electrical
- 電腦/电脑 ― diànnǎo ― computer (literally, “electric brain”)
- (dialectal, countable) battery (Classifier: 粒 c; 嚿 c)
- (colloquial, uncountable) romantic attraction; chemistry
- Short for 電話/电话 (diànhuà, “telephone; phone call”).
- Short for 電報/电报 (diànbào, “telegram”).
- 唁電/唁电 ― yàndiàn ― telegram of condolence
- Short for 電臺/电台 (diàntái, “broadcasting station; radio station”).
- (transitive) to give an electric shock to
- to make a telephone call
- to send a telegram
- † fast; speedy
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 閃電 (“lightning”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 電, 霍閃 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 閃電 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 閃 |
Taiwan | 閃電 | |
Harbin | 閃 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 閃 | |
Jinan | 閃 | |
Luoyang | 閃, 忽閃 | |
Wanrong | 霍閃 | |
Wanrong (Ronghe) | 閃電 | |
Xi'an | 閃電 | |
Yinchuan | 火閃 | |
Lanzhou | 閃 | |
Xining | 閃電 | |
Ürümqi | 閃電 | |
Wuhan | 霍 | |
Chengdu | 火閃, 閃, 閃電 | |
Guiyang | 火閃, 閃 | |
Liuzhou | 閃 | |
Xuzhou | 閃 | |
Yangzhou | 閃 | |
Nanjing | 閃, 閃電 | |
Hefei | 閃 | |
Nantong | 霍閃, 霍響 | |
Singapore | 閃電 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 閃電 |
Hong Kong | 閃電 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 天攝 | |
Zhongshan (Chongkoumen Tanka) | 天攝 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 天霎 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 閃電 | |
Taishan | 天霎, 閃電 | |
Dongguan | 閃電 | |
Yangjiang | 天霎 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 閃電 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 霍閃 |
Pengze | 掣霍 | |
Lichuan | 劃閃焰 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 火蛇仔 |
Huidong (Daling) | 火蛇 | |
Zijin | 火蛇 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 火蛇子 | |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 𥍉電 | |
Changting | 𥍉電 | |
Wuping | 雷公刀子 | |
Wuping (Pingyu) | 火蛇子, 雷公刀子 | |
Liancheng | 雷焰刀 | |
Liancheng (Peitian) | 雷影, 雷火 | |
Ninghua | 焰火索 | |
Yudu | 閃 | |
Ruijin | 閃光 | |
Shicheng | 打焰 | |
Shangyou (Shexi) | 火閃 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𥍉爧 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𥍉爧 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𥍉爧 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𥍉爧 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𥍉爧 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 𥍉爧 | |
Hong Kong | 火蛇𥍉 | |
Lipu (Shuangduitun) | 火蛇 | |
Lipu (Dashigu) | 閃電 | |
Guidong | 雷火閃 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 火蛇𥍉 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 月扇 |
Shexian | 日閃, 熱扇 | |
Tunxi | 閃電 | |
Xiuning | 打閃閃 | |
Yixian | 閃展 | |
Wuyuan | 火線 | |
Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 霍閃 | |
Chun'an (Jiangjia) | 霍閃 | |
Jiande (Meicheng) | 霍閃 | |
Jiande (Shouchang) | 霍閃 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 閃 |
Xinzhou | 閃 | |
Jiuxing Yumin | Jiande | 霍線 |
Jinhua | 霍閃 | |
Lanxi | 霍閃 | |
Tunxi | 火線 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 焰刀 |
Pucheng (Shibei) | 火焰刀 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 亮線 |
Changle | 亮線 | |
Fuqing | 㸎㸎 | |
Yongtai | 亮線 | |
Gutian | 亮線 | |
Fu'an | 雷爍 | |
Ningde | 雷爍 | |
Shouning | 雷爍 | |
Zhouning | 雷爍 | |
Fuding | 雷爍 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 爍爁 |
Quanzhou | 䟙掣, 䟙光, 䟙媽, 相爁電 | |
Zhangzhou | 爍爁 | |
Taipei | 搉爍爁 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 爍爁 | |
Kaohsiung | 閃電, 爍爁 | |
Yilan | 閃電, 爍爁 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 爍爁 | |
Taichung | 爍爁 | |
Tainan | 閃電, 爍爁 | |
Hsinchu | 爍爁 | |
Kinmen | 爍爁 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 爍爁 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 爍爁 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 爍爁 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 䟙掣, 閃電 | |
Chaozhou | 閃電 | |
Shantou | 阿公睨目 | |
Jieyang | 阿公睨目 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 閃電 | |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 雷公睨目 | |
Wenchang | 焱爍 | |
Haikou | 焱爍 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 雷公閃電 |
Wu | Shanghai | 霍閃, 閃電 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 霍閃 | |
Suzhou | 霍閃 | |
Danyang | 霍閃 | |
Hangzhou | 霍閃 | |
Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 霍閃 | |
Ningbo | 龍光閃, 龍山 | |
Wenzhou | 爍龍, 爍電 | |
Jinhua | 火閃 | |
Jinhua (Tangxi) | 火閃 | |
Yongkang | 霍閃 | |
Pujiang | 霍閃 | |
Dongyang | 火閃 | |
Pan'an | 霍閃 | |
Wuyi | 霍閃 | |
Lanxi | 霍閃 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 閃, 閃子 |
Loudi | 霍閃, 上水 | |
Shuangfeng | 霍閃 | |
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 火閃, 閃 |
Dialectal synonyms of 電池 (“battery”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 電池 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 電池 |
Taiwan | 電池 | |
Tianjin | 電池 | |
Chengde | 電池 | |
Tangshan | 電池, 電石 | |
Cangzhou | 電池 | |
Baoding | 電池 | |
Shijiazhuang | 電池 | |
Chifeng | 電池 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 電池 | |
Heihe | 電池 | |
Qiqihar | 電池 | |
Harbin | 電池 | |
Jiamusi | 電池 | |
Baicheng | 電池 | |
Changchun | 電池 | |
Tonghua | 電池 | |
Shenyang | 電池 | |
Dandong | 電池 | |
Jinzhou | 電池 | |
Dalian | 電池 | |
Yantai | 電池 | |
Qingdao | 電池 | |
Lijin | 電, 電池 | |
Zhucheng | 電池 | |
Jinan | 電池, 電石 | |
Jining | 電池 | |
Shangqiu | 電池 | |
Yuanyang | 電池 | |
Zhengzhou | 電池 | |
Lingbao | 電池 | |
Xinyang | 電池 | |
Baihe | 電池 | |
Hanzhong | 電池 | |
Xi'an | 電池 | |
Baoji | 電池 | |
Yinchuan | 電池 | |
Tianshui | 電池 | |
Lanzhou | 電池 | |
Dunhuang | 電池 | |
Xining | 電池 | |
Hami | 電池 | |
Ürümqi | 電池 | |
Wuhan | 電池 | |
Yichang | 電池 | |
Xiangyang | 電池 | |
Tianmen | 電池 | |
Hong'an | 電池 | |
Chengdu | 電池 | |
Nanchong | 電池 | |
Dazhou | 電池 | |
Hanyuan | 電池 | |
Xichang | 電池 | |
Zigong | 電池 | |
Chongqing | 電池 | |
Guiyang | 電池 | |
Zunyi | 電池 | |
Bijie | 電池 | |
Liping | 電池, 電油 | |
Zhaotong | 電池 | |
Dali | 電池 | |
Kunming | 電池 | |
Mengzi | 電池 | |
Guilin | 電池 | |
Liuzhou | 電池, 電油 | |
Jishou | 電池, 電油 | |
Changde | 電藥 | |
Anqing | 電池 | |
Xuzhou | 電池 | |
Fuyang | 電池 | |
Wuhu | 電池 | |
Yangzhou | 電池 | |
Lianyungang | 電池 | |
Lianshui | 電, 電池 | |
Nanjing | 電池 | |
Hefei | 電池 | |
Nantong | 電池 | |
Changle (Qinjiang) | 電塗 | |
Yanping | 電油 | |
Singapore | 電池 | |
Kokang | 電油 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 電池, 電芯 |
Hong Kong | 電芯, 電池, 電 | |
Taishan | 電芯 | |
Taishan (Guanghai) | 電池 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 電芯 | |
Dongguan | 電芯 | |
Mandalay (Taishan) | 電池 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 電池 |
Lichuan | 電池 | |
Pingxiang | 電池, 電藥 dated | |
Hakka | Meixian | 電泥, 電芯 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 電芯 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 電池 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 電池, 電池仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 電池 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 電池 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 電池 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 電藥 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 電 |
Shexian | 電池 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 電池 |
Yangyuan | 電池 | |
Datong | 電池 | |
Xinzhou | 電, 電池 | |
Lishi | 電池 | |
Linfen | 電池 | |
Changzhi | 電池 | |
Linhe | 電池 | |
Jining | 電池 | |
Hohhot | 電池 | |
Erenhot | 電池 | |
Pingshan | 電, 電池 | |
Zhangjiakou | 電池 | |
Handan | 電池 | |
Linzhou | 電池 | |
Suide | 電池, 電油 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 電泥 |
Songxi | 電泥 | |
Jianyang | 電泥 | |
Pucheng (Shibei) | 電炭 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 電塗 |
Gutian | 電塗 | |
Ningde | 電塗 | |
Zhouning | 電塗 | |
Fuding | 電塗 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 電塗, 電池 |
Quanzhou | 電塗, 電池 | |
Yongchun | 電塗 | |
Zhangzhou | 電塗, 電池 | |
Zhangpu | 電塗 | |
Zhao'an | 電塗 | |
New Taipei (Tamsui) | 電池 | |
New Taipei (Pingxi) | 電池 | |
Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 電池 | |
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 電池 | |
Yilan | 電池 | |
Tainan | 電池 | |
Tainan (Anping) | 電池 | |
Penghu (Xiyu) | 電池 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 電塗 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 電塗 | |
Longyan | 電油, 電塗 | |
Datian | 電塗 | |
Shantou | 電塗 | |
Jieyang | 電塗 | |
Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 電塗 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 電塗 |
Putian (Jiangkou) | 電塗 | |
Putian (Nanri) | 電塗 | |
Xianyou | 電塗 | |
Xianyou (Fengting) | 電塗 | |
Xianyou (Youyang) | 電塗 | |
Fuding (Aoyao) | 電塗 | |
Min Zhong | Yong'an | 電油 |
Shaxian | 電泥 | |
Zhongshan Min | Sanxiang | 電芯 |
Wu | Shanghai | 電池 |
Suzhou | 電 | |
Jinhua | 電油 | |
Jinhua (Tangxi) | 電燈油 |
Compounds
Derived terms from 電
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Descendants
- → Bouyei: dianq (“electricity”)
- → Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈ (ṫaen¹, “electricity”)
- → Tai Nüa: ᥖᥦᥢᥱ (tǎen, “electricity”)
- → Zhuang: den (“electricity”)
References
- “電”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學/香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
電
(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- lightning
- electricity
Readings
- Go-on: でん (den, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: てん (ten)
- Kun: いなずま (inazuma, 電)
Compounds
Compounds
- 電圧 (den'atsu): voltage
- 電気 (denki): electricity
- 電球 (denkyū): light bulb
- 電子 (denshi): electron
- 電磁界 (denjikai): electromagnetic field
- 電子計算機 (denshi keisanki): computer
- 電車 (densha): electric train
- 電束 (densoku): electric flux
- 電卓 (dentaku): electric calculator
- 電灯 (dentō): light, lamp
- 電流 (denryū): electric current
- 電力 (denryoku): electric power
- 電話 (denwa): a telephone
- 発電 (hatsuden): electric power generation
- 雷電 (raiden): thunder and lightning
- 電撃 (dengeki): shock
Definitions
Kanji in this term |
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電 |
いなずま Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 電 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 電, is an alternative (rare) spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 電 (MC denH).
Historical Readings | ||
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Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 뗜〮 (Yale: ttyén) | |
Middle Korean | ||
Text | Eumhun | |
Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 번〮게〮 (Yale: pénkéy) | 뎐〯 (Yale: tyěn) |
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)n]
- Phonetic hangul: [전(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource電 (eumhun 번개 전 (beon'gae jeon))
- Hanja form? of 전 (“electricity; electric”). [affix]
Compounds
Compounds
- 전기 (電氣, jeon'gi)
- 전화 (電話, jeonhwa)
- 전자 (電子, jeonja)
- 전력 (電力, jeollyeok)
- 발전 (發電, baljeon)
- 충전 (充電, chungjeon)
- 전철 (電鐵, jeoncheol)
- 전파 (電波, jeonpa)
- 전극 (電極, jeon'geuk)
- 전자우편 (電子郵便, jeonjaupyeon)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
電: Hán Việt readings: điện[1][2][3][4]
- chữ Hán form of điện (“lightning, electricity”).
Compounds
Compounds
- điện tử (電子)
- đèn điện (畑電)
- dây điện (絏電)
- thư điện tử (書電子)
- điện thoại (電話)
- điện cực (電極)
References
- Trần (2004).
- Trần (1999).
- Nguyễn (1974).
- Thiều Chửu (1942).