Ideographic: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨Radical:

meaning for diàn:

  • - lightning
  • - electricity
  • - electric (bound form)
  • - to get (or give) an electric shock
  • - phone call or telegram etc
  • - to send via telephone or telegram etctelephone
  • - Classifiers: 部
  • - phone numbermovie
  • - film
  • - Classifiers: 部 television
  • - TV
  • - Classifiers: 台 electronic
  • - electron (particle physics)computer
  • - Classifiers: 台

de
shǒujī手机
méi
diàn
le

My phone is out of battery.


jiénéng节能
dēngpào灯泡
chuántǒng传统
dēngpào灯泡
xiāohào消耗
gèng
shào
de
diàn

Energy-saving light bulbs consume less electricity than traditional bulbs.


wǒxǐhuān我喜欢
pútáofēngxìnzǐ葡萄风信子
de
xiǎo
de
diàn
de
yōuyù忧郁
yīnfú音符

I like the small electric blue notes of grape hyacinths.