电

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

电 = 乚 + 曰 : Dorothy Gale (di) is looking for a wall plug for her charger (mnemonic symbol for 电) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's digging up the whole place with a shovel (乚), but instead of a wall plug she finds a microphone (曰).

电 character breakdown

电
- 乚
- 曰
  - 一
  - 囗

乚

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).

Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

曰

yue̅ = yu + e1

to speak / to say

曰 = 囗 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a microphone.

Yu the Great (yu) is selling flutes (一) in front of the elevator (e1). He has a whole box (囗) of them, and he's advertising them by using a microphone (曰).

Characters with 电 as component

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電

diàn = di + an4

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

龟

龜

gui̅ = gu + ei1

tortoise / turtle

奄

ya̅n = y + an1

variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay

奄

yǎn = y + an3

suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround

奄 = 大 + 电 : Mnemonic symbol: 奄列, omelet.

奄 = 大 + 电 : Maud Younger (y) has the robot (大) prepare an omelet (奄) for her inside the anthill (an3). The robot makes the omelet using a charger (电). Maud doesn't pay too much attention, and suddenly (奄) the omelet (奄) is done.

奄

yǎn = y + an3

surname Yan

黾

黽

mǐn = mi + (e)n3

to strive

黾 = 口 + 电 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to charge (电) her phone in the encampment ((e)n3), but she finds that the charger (电) is already occupied by a toad (黾) which charges its mandarin (口). (Can you see the mandarin connected to the charger in the character 黾?)

黾

黽

měng = m + (e)ng3

toad

竜

lóng = lu + (e)ng2

Japanese variant of 龍|龙

竃

zào = z + ao4

old variant of 灶[zao4]

Words with 电

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电 character breakdown

Characters with 电 as component

Words with 电

Sentences with 电