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Chinese symbol for “electric”

有电
yǒu diàn
Traditional: 有電
electric (apparatus); electrified; having electricity supply (of a house)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for electric is 有电 (yǒu diàn), defined as: electric (apparatus); electrified; having electricity supply (of a house).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “electric”

WordPinyinMeaning
电 (電)diànlightning; electricity
电气 (電氣)diàn qìelectricity; electric

Related words

Other words that share a character with 有电.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)

See also: Japanese symbol for “electric”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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