See also:
U+96FB, 電
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96FB

[U+96FA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+96FC]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 173, +5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一月田山 (MBWU), four-corner 10716, composition (GTJKV) or (H))

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1373, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1882, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4060, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+96FB

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
 
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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Warring States
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *l'iːns): semantic (rain) + phonetic (OC *hlin); also ideogrammic (會意会意): + (“lightning”).

Etymology edit

Sino-Tibetan or area word; compare Proto-Mien *liŋ (lightning), Chepang प्‍लीङ्‌हसा (pliŋh‑, to flash; to shine brightly) (Benedict, 1976; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • diang6 - Shantou;
  • diêng6 - Chaozhou.
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: dieng6
    • Sinological IPA: /tieŋ³³/
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (7)
    Final () (85)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter denH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /denH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /denH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /dɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /dɛnH/
    Li
    Rong
    /denH/
    Wang
    Li
    /dienH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /dʱienH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    diàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    din6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    diàn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ denH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*lˁi[n]-s/
    English lightning

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11233
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*l'iːns/

    Definitions edit

     

    1. (uncountable) lightning
        ―  shǎndiàn  ―  lightning
      閃雷鳴闪雷鸣  ―  diànshǎnléimíng  ―  lightning flashes and thunder rumbles
    2. (uncountable) electric power or energy; electricity [from late 19th c.]
      手機手机  ―  Wǒ shǒujī méi diàn le.  ―  My phone is dead.
      屋企而家 [Cantonese, trad.]
      屋企而家 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 uk1 kei2 ji4 gaa1 mou5 din6. [Jyutping]
      The power at my place is currently out.
      電腦 [Cantonese, trad.]
      电脑 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 din6 nou5 mou5 din6 laa3. [Jyutping]
      My computer is dead.
    3. electric; electrical
        ―  diànnǎo  ―  computer (literally, “electric brain”)
    4. (dialectal, countable) battery (Classifier: c;  c)
    5. (colloquial, uncountable) romantic attraction; chemistry
    6. Short for 電話电话 (diànhuà, “telephone; phone call”).
    7. Short for 電報电报 (diànbào, “telegram”).
        ―  yàndiàn  ―  telegram of condolence
    8. Short for 電臺电台 (diàntái, “broadcasting station; radio station”).
    9. (transitive) to give an electric shock to
    10. (figuratively, of a person) energy
    11. to make a telephone call
    12. to send a telegram
    13. fast; speedy

    Synonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    • Bouyei: dianq (electricity)
    • Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈ (ṫaen¹, electricity)
    • Tai Nüa: ᥖᥦᥢᥱ (tǎen, electricity)
    • Zhuang: den (electricity)

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. lightning
    2. electricity

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Definitions edit

    Kanji in this term
    いなずま
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
    稲妻いなずま
    [noun] lightning, a lightning bolt
    Alternative spelling
    いなづま
    (This term, , is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese (MC denH).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 뗜〮 (Yale: ttyén)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 번〮게〮 (Yale: pénkéy) 뎐〯 (Yale: tyěn)

    Pronunciation edit

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 번개 (beon'gae jeon))

    1. Hanja form? of (electricity; electric). [affix]

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [3]

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Việt readings: điện[1][2][3][4]

    1. chữ Hán form of điện (electricity).

    Compounds edit

    References edit