Japanese symbol for “battery”
電池
でんち
Romaji: denchi
battery; cell
In Japanese, battery is 電池, read でんち (denchi).
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Meanings
- n battery; cell
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “battery”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| バッテリー | バッテリー batterii | battery |
| 台場 | だいば daiba | fort; battery |
| 中隊 | ちゅうたい chuutai | company; battery; troop |
| 砲台 | ほうだい houdai | (gun) battery; fort |
| 放列 | ほうれつ houretsu | battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 電話 | でんわ denwa | telephone call; phone call |
| 電車 | でんしゃ densha | train; electric train |
| 電気 | でんき denki | electricity |
| 電子 | でんし denshi | electron |
| 電力 | でんりょく denryoku | electric power |
| 発電 | はつでん hatsuden | generation of electricity; power generation |
| 乾電池 | かんでんち kandenchi | dry cell battery |
| 貯水池 | ちょすいち chosuichi | reservoir |
See also: Chinese symbol for “battery”.
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