電
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diàn · electricity

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Shape and proportion

13Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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雨Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 電

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Example sentences

Notice where 電 sits in each complete thought.

Nǐ de diàn nǎo hé wǒ de yí yàng.你的電腦和我的一樣。

Your computer is the same as mine.

Source: Tatoeba #13999957 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng kàn nà diàn yǐng xiǎng hǎo jiǔ le.我想看那電影想好久了。

I've been wanting to see that movie for a long time.

Source: Tatoeba #5650459 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ jiē dào le tā dǎ lái de diàn huà.我接到了他打來的電話。

I had a phone call from him.

Source: Tatoeba #880316 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yí zuò xià, jiù ná qǐ le diàn huà.他一坐下,就拿起了電話。

As soon as he sat down, he picked up the telephone.

Source: Tatoeba #6075679 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de diàn nǎo zhèng zài gēngxīn.我的電腦正在更新。

My PC is in the middle of an update.

Source: Tatoeba #13527589 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de gǒu zuò zài wǒ biān shàng kàn diàn shì ne.我的狗坐在我邊上看電視呢。

My dog is sitting next to me watching TV.

Source: Tatoeba #10555620 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 電 in context

  1. Say diàn, then recall the core meaning: electricity.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 電 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.