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電 = 雨 + 电

電 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “electricity”. It is built from 雨 (rain) and 电 (eel). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 574.

Keyword
electricity
RTK frame
574
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
デン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
электричество
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
電 electricity

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 雨 rain
  2. 电 eel

How to find 電 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rain” + “eel”. 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.