Learn Japanese Kanji

Guess what?

For upper beginners and lower intermediate learners

Here, we presented Kanjis which are related to Ame "rain".
Read the hint first, then quess the meaning of the following Kanji.

Topic & Hint

The Kanji 雨 is Ame which means "rain". The Kanji 田 is Ta which means "rice field".
"Rain" plus "rice field" is Kaminari "thunder".

Guess what ?

Then, what is the Kanji, "thunder" with something which looks like
hitting the rice field from the thunder.

かみなり

でん

雷

＋

＝

電

thunder

This Kanji is 電(でん) meaning "electricity".

In Japanese language, a Kanji compound is used for the word "electricity".
It is 電気(でんき). 気(き) means "atmosphere" in this word.

電気

(でんき)

electricity

雨

(あめ)

rain

雷

(かみなり)

thunder

(Kanji numbers are from 2001.Kanji.Odyssey)