电

diàn

electricity; electric; lightning

How to write 电, stroke by stroke

lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

Ideographic: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨

Made of 曰 + 乚

电话diàn huàtelephone; phone call; phone number
打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
电影diàn yǐngmovie; film
电视diàn shìtelevision; TV
电脑diàn nǎocomputer
电梯diàn tīelevator; escalator
无线电wú xiàn diànradio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication); a radio
电台diàn táitransmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station
来电lái diànincoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
电池diàn chíbattery; electric cell
电子diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电视台diàn shì táitelevision station

我今天早上看了电视。
wǒ jīn tiān zǎo shàng kàn le diàn shì 。
I watched TV this morning.
“电话响了。”“我去接。”
“ diàn huà xiǎng le 。 ” “ wǒ qù jiē 。 ”
"The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."
电影持续了2个小时。
diàn yǐng chí xù le 2 gè xiǎo shí 。
The film lasted 2 hours.
电脑让人变愚蠢了。
diàn nǎo ràng rén biàn yú chǔn le 。
Computers make people stupid.
电梯好像故障了。
diàn tī hǎo xiàng gù zhàng le 。
The elevator seems to be out of order.