電 — electricity

You can spot 電 in 電気 (electricity, electric light) and 電車 (electric train).

N5 13 strokes

Readings

On’yomi: デン
Kun’yomi: —

How to write 電

Numbered stroke order diagram for 電 — Follow the numbers to write each stroke in order.

See 電 in words

電気でんき
electricity, electric light
電車でんしゃ
electric train
電話でんわ
telephone

In a sentence

どうして電車で行かないんですか。どうしてでんしゃでいかないんですか。Why aren’t you going by train?
電車かバスで学校へ行きます。でんしゃかばすでがっこうへいきます。I go to school by train or bus.
大阪から電車で来ました。おおさかからでんしゃできました。I came by train from Osaka.

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