Zi:电

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(F​) [diàn] (​电) lightning; electricity (电​ ‘electric current’); 电​ phone

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The simple-form character 电 (5 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character ​ (13 strokes), omitting the upper full-form component ​ (8 strokes), and lengthening the top of the last stroke ​ (as in old forms).
    The full-form character ​ (13 strokes) is itself an abbrev. of old forms such as ​𩃓 (16 strokes), replacing the old component ​𦥔 (8 strokes) with ​ (5 strokes).
    Compare: 电/​𩃓 diàn (as an independent character), vs. 电/​ shēn (as the component in ​).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​(​𩃓) diàn ‘thunderbolt/lightning’ (​) combines ​ (yǔ) ‘rain’, and 电/​(​𦥔) shēn (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​𩃿.
    Note: The component 电/​(​𦥔𢑚𦦀) shēn ‘female/flexible’ here represents the collision of two air masses (as the friction between two hands rubbing together) producing lightning (static electricity).
    Note: In the full form ​ the top of the last stroke ​ is omitted (as in ​), and the end of that stroke ​ is hooked.
    Note: In the simple form 电 the top of ​ (formerly ​𦥔) is restored; cf. ​, ​.
    Compare: ​/​ léi ‘thunder’, formerly also wr. ​𩇓, ​𤴐.
    Compare: ​(​𧍺) hóng ‘rainbow’; ​(​𥪖) lóng ‘dragon’.
    Compare: ​ shuǎi ‘swing’; ​ jiǎ (​).
►references: Henshall:180; Karlgren:AD868; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2528.2; Lindqvist:170; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:015.0.03; EDOC:0
►components:𦥔
►Cantonese: dihn-
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