闪电 shǎndiàn

HSK level

Traditional form

閃電

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

闪 Shǎn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 閃 shǎn . Depicts a person (人 rén ) standing in the middle of a doorway (門 mén ).

Positional decomposition

⿵门人

Number of Strokes

电 diàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a variant form of 申 Shēn , a pictograph of a lightning bolt. The traditional form 電 diàn adds the 雨 yǔ (rain) component.

Positional decomposition

⿻曰乚

Number of Strokes

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富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín 的 de 实验 shíyàn 表明 biǎomíng 闪电 shǎndiàn 是 shì 一 yī 种 zhǒng 放电 fàng diàn .

Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.

闪电 shǎndiàn 把 bǎ 一 yī 棵 kē 树 shù 劈 pī 开 kāi 了 le .

The lightening splintered a tree.

闪电 shǎndiàn 在 zài 天空 tiānkōng 划 huá 出 chū 一 yī 道 dào Z字形 zì xíng .

The lightning made a zigzag in the sky.

闪电 shǎndiàn 呈 chéng 之字形 zhī zì xíng 划 huá 过 Guò 教堂 jiào táng 的 de 院子 yuàn zi .

The lightning zigzagged through the church yard.

闪电 shǎndiàn 划 huá 过 Guò 朵朵乌云 wū yún .

Lightning streaks from cloud to cloud.

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 闪电 shǎndiàn and their own compounds.

闪 Shǎn

人 rén , 门 Mén

电 diàn

曰 yuē , 乚 gōu

See all 41 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 闪电 shǎndiàn in their composition.

闪 Shǎn

电 diàn

奄 yǎn

掩 yǎn , 淹 yān , 腌 yān , 阉 yān , 俺 ǎn , 鹌 ān , 庵 ān , 唵 ǎn , 埯 ǎn , 崦 yān , 殗 yè , 罨 yǎn , 馣 yǎn , 剦, 匎, 奙, 晻, 痷, 硽, 菴, 裺, 醃 yān , 閹 yān , 餣, 鵪 ān , 黤

竜 lóng

滝 lóng , 篭 lóng , 槞

黾 miǎn

绳 shéng , 蝇 yíng , 渑 miǎn , 鼋 yuán , 鼍 tuó , 鼌

亀 guī , 竃 zào , 縄 shéng , 蝿, 電 diàn , 齥

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