U+7535 "电" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
电
U+7535 "电" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese logogram that represents the concept of electricity, lightning, or an electric current. This character is composed of the "rain" radical at the top and a component meaning "field" or "ground" below, originally depicting a lightning bolt striking a field. In modern usage, it is a foundational element in countless Chinese terms related to electronics and power, such as "dianhua" for telephone, "diannao" for computer, and "dianying" for movie. Its widespread application reflects the central role of electricity in contemporary life, making it one of the most frequently used characters in Chinese writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7535 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 电 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 电 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x94 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7535 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007535 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7535 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275F55 |
| kCangjie | LWU |
| kCantonese | din6 |
| kDefinition | electricity; electric; lightning |
| kEACC | 275F55 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5071 |
| kGB0 | 2171 |
| kHanYu | 42528.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | diàn(1775) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42528.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0759.011 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3567 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-896D |
| kTGH | 2013:242 |
| kKangXi | 0759.011 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7193 |
| kMandarin | diàn |
| kPhonetic | 1126 |
| kRSUnicode | 102.0 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "电" U+7535 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 10.11 438.07 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 074.030:diàn |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "电" U+7535 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "電" U+96FB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0243.060:diàn |