电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电池
diànchí
battery
Characters in this word
池 chí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 也 also, too
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 电池没电了。 Diàn chí méi diàn le. The battery is dead.
- 换新电池吧。 Huàn xīn diàn chí ba. Let's change the battery.
- 这电池很贵。 Zhè diàn chí hěn guì. This battery is expensive.
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