电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- Made of
- 曰 to speak 乚 secret, hidden, mysterious
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电
diàn
electricity
Character
Example phrases
- 这里没有电。 Zhèlǐ méiyǒu diàn. There's no electricity here.
- 我家有电。 Wǒ jiā yǒu diàn. We have electricity at home.
- 我家的电不多。 Wǒ jiā de diàn bù duō. We don't have much electricity at home.