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Japanese symbol for “telephony”

Romaji: denwatsuushin
telephony; telephone communication

In Japanese, telephony is , read (denwatsuushin).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no, n telephony; telephone communication

Kanji and stroke order

electricity
on: デン
13 strokes · JLPT 4
tale, talk
on: ワ
kun: はな.す、はなし
13 strokes · JLPT 4
traffic, pass through, avenue
on: ツウ、ツ
kun: とお.る、とお.り、-とお.り、-どお.り
10 strokes · JLPT 3
faith, truth, fidelity
on: シン
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “telephony”

WordReadingMeaning
テレフォニー terefoniitelephony

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
でんわ denwatelephone call; phone call
でんしゃ denshatrain; electric train
でんき denkielectricity
でんし denshielectron
でんりょく denryokuelectric power
はつでん hatsudengeneration of electricity; power generation
わだい wadaitopic; subject
かいわ kaiwaconversation; talk; chat
ふつう futsuunormal; ordinary; regular
つうしん tsuushincorrespondence; communication; transmission

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.