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电 — lightning; electricity; electric

lightning; electricity; electric; to get an electric shock

Pinyin
diàn
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 电: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

电 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 电 in the HSK syllabus: 32

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone callHSK 1
  2. 电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call; phone numberHSK 1
  3. 电脑diànnǎocomputerHSK 1
  4. 电视diànshìtelevision; TVHSK 1
  5. 电影diànyǐngmovie; filmHSK 1
  6. 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theaterHSK 1
  7. 电diànlightning; electricity; electricHSK 3
  8. 电梯diàntīelevator; escalatorHSK 3
  9. 电子书diànzǐshūelectronic book; e-book; e-book readerHSK 3
  10. 电动车diàndòngchēelectric vehicleHSK 4
  11. 电视剧diànshìjùTV series; TV dramaHSK 4
  12. 充电chōngdiànto recharge; to recharge one's batteriesHSK 5
  13. 电池diànchíbattery; electric cellHSK 5
  14. 电动diàndòngelectric-powered; video gameHSK 5
  15. 电器diànqìappliance; deviceHSK 5
  16. 电商diànshānge-commerce; to negotiate by telegram or telephoneHSK 5
  17. 电视台diànshìtáitelevision stationHSK 5
  18. 电子版diànzǐbǎnelectronic edition; digital versionHSK 5
  19. 家电jiādiànhousehold electric applianceHSK 5
  20. 电饭锅diànfànguōelectric rice cookerHSK 6
  21. 电力diànlìelectrical power; electricityHSK 6
  22. 电源diànyuánelectric power sourceHSK 6
  23. 发电fādiànto generate electricity; to send a telegramHSK 6
  24. 闪电shǎndiànlightningHSK 6
  25. 电台diàntáitransmitter-receiver; broadcasting stationHSK 7–9
  26. 电网diànwǎngelectricity grid; power gridHSK 7–9
  27. 电线diànxiànwire; power cordHSK 7–9
  28. 电信diànxìntelecommunicationsHSK 7–9
  29. 电讯diànxùntelecommunications; telecomHSK 7–9
  30. 核电站hédiànzhànnuclear power plantHSK 7–9
  31. 贺电hèdiàncongratulatory telegramHSK 7–9
  32. 来电láidiànincoming telephone callHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.