電子

See also: 电子

Chinese

electric; electricity; electrical
 
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (電子)
simp. (电子)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese  (でん) () (denshi, electron)

Pronunciation


Noun

電子

  1. electron (Classifier: m; )
    電子 / 电子   yī duì diànzǐ   a pair of electrons

Derived terms

Adjective

電子

  1. (attributive) electronic; electrical
    電子元件 / 电子元件   diànzǐ yuánjiàn   electronic component
    電子教科書 / 电子教科书   diànzǐ jiàokēshū   electronic textbook
    電子傳媒 / 电子传媒   diànzǐ chuánméi   electronic media

Derived terms

See also


Japanese

Kanji in this term
でん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of (den, lightning, electricity) + (-shi, small thing, particle).

Pronunciation

Noun

電子 (hiragana でんし, rōmaji denshi)

  1. electron
  2. (attributive) the quality of being electronic
     (でん) ()書籍 (しょせき)
    denshi shoseki
    e-book

Compounds

Descendants

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

電子 (jeonja) (hangeul 전자)

  1. Hanja form? of 전자 (electron).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

電子

  1. Hán tự form of điện tử (electron (obsolete)).
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