电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电灯
diàndēng
electric lamp
Characters in this word
灯 dēng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- Made of
- 火 fire, flame 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 电灯开着。 Diàndēng kāi zhe. The lamp is on.
- 请关电灯。 Qǐng guān diàndēng. Please turn off the lamp.
- 电灯很亮。 Diàndēng hěn liàng. The lamp is very bright.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电 diàn electricity
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 电脑 diànnǎo computer
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 电台 diàntái radio station
- 电子邮件 diànzǐyóujiàn email