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Kanji Detail for 電 - "electricity, lightning, fast"
電
- Meaning
電 means "electricity, lightning, fast."
Electricity - Electric current; electric power.
Lightning - A flash of light in a storm.
Fast - Moving with great speed.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
electricity
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
electricity, electric; lightning
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
electricity; electric; lightning
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A type of reactive force possessed by all matter. Its principle involves two opposing properties. Opposite charges attract, like charges repel. Hence there is 陰電 (negative electricity) and 陽電 (positive electricity). Or called positive and negative charge. When an object is stationary, its electrical force is not visible. When it rubs against another object and loses its balance, it must attract the opposite charge to balance. Its attractive force is very great and fast, able to produce extremely intense light and heat. The lightning that people commonly see is so-called natural electricity. Now harnessing it to replace human power is called artificial electricity. | Having the meaning of illumination. As in showing something to someone is called 呈電. | Having the meaning of speed. As in 風馳電掣 (swift as wind and lightning). | Telegrams are also abbreviated as 電.
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Sentences including 電
You should buy an answering machine.
Could you tell me where i can get a train?
You have the wrong number.
I have a telephone in my room.
If you want to speak to me , please call me up.
Let him use the telephone.
But i'm not able to use the telephone.
I will call you up , provided that i have time.
I'm at work now , so i'll call you later.
I meant to call her , but i forgot to.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
ところが私が鎌倉に着いて三日と経たないうちに、私を呼び寄せた友達は、急に国元から帰れという電報を受け取った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
電報には母が病気だからと断ってあったけれども友達はそれを信じなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
書斎には洋机と椅子の外に、沢山の書物が美しい背皮を並べて、硝子越に電燈の光で照らされていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
二人は市の外れから電車に乗ったが、車内ではほとんど口を聞かなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
模様の織り出された厚い糊の硬い卓布が美しくかつ清らかに電燈の光を射返していた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私が偶然その樹の前に立って、再びこの宅の玄関を跨ぐべき次の秋に思いを馳せた時、今まで格子の間から射していた玄関の電燈がふっと消えた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は電車の中で汗を拭きながら、他の時間と手数に気の毒という観念をまるでもっていない田舎者を憎らしく思った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あの目眩るしい東京の下宿の二階で、遠く走る電車の音を耳にしながら、頁を一枚一枚にまくって行く方が、気に張りがあって心持よく勉強ができた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それで両方へいよいよという場合には電報を打つから出て来いという意味を書き込めた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
電車が通るようになれば自然｜町並も変るし、その上に市区改正もあるし、東京が凝としている時は、まあ二六時中一分もないといっていいくらいです」私は仕方がないからいわないでいい事まで喋舌った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
悲痛な風が田舎の隅まで吹いて来て、眠たそうな樹や草を震わせている最中に、突然私は一通の電報を先生から受け取った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
洋服を着た人を見ると犬が吠えるような所では、一通の電報すら大事件であった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
電報にはちょっと会いたいが来られるかという意味が簡単に書いてあった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha