EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    (electric) telegraph; telegraphy; telegraphic communication; telegram

    電信を発明したのは誰だか知っていますか。
    Do you know who invented the telegraph?
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

electricity

On
デン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
268 of 2500
Radical
rain
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-8-5SKIP code
8d5.2The Kanji Dictionary
1071.6Four corner code
3156deroo
96fbUnicode hex code
1-37-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5050Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6526New Nelson (John Haig)
2790New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3465Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1784Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2431Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
535Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
574Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
125A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2025Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
222Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42253Morohashi
180A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
108Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
108Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286sakade
98Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
197henshall3
228Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
332crowley
61Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
1862Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
541Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dian4Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

faith, truth, fidelity, trust

On
シン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
208 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Used in names as

しがしなしのしぶときのびのぶまこと

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-7SKIP code
2a7.1The Kanji Dictionary
2026.1Four corner code
2177deroo
4fe1Unicode hex code
1-31-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
454Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
221New Nelson (John Haig)
100New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
115Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
75Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
84Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
969Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1043Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
198A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
782Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
149Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
707Morohashi
513A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
157Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
157Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
437sakade
320Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
544henshall3
527Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
181crowley
640Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
97Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
978Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xin4, shen1Pinyin reading
sinKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level