What does the kanji 電 mean?

The kanji 電 (den) means "electricity; electric powered". It is a JLPT N5 character.

"den" is written with the kanji 電, meaning "electricity; electric powered". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) でん (den). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 電?

Write 電 ("electricity; electric powered") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 電?

電 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) でん (den).

電“electricity; electric powered” Kanjiden

JLPT N5

How to write 電

電 (electricity; electric powered) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

electricity; electric powered

Onyomi (音読み)

でん den

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

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Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 電

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

これを電子でんしレンジに入いれて下ください。
Please put this in the microwave oven.
電子 (でんし)
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Read 電 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.