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電 = 雨 + 日 + 乚

電 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “electricity”. It is built from 雨 (rain), 日 (sun) and 乚 (hidden).

Keyword
electricity
Pinyin (Mandarin)
diàn
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
electricity, electric, электричество, electric
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
電 electricity

Decomposition

ids

  1. 雨 rain
  2. 日 sun
  3. 乚 hidden

How to find 電 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rain” + “sun” + “hidden”. 電 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 電 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.