Japanese Word Entry

電線
Kana:でんせん
Romaji:densen
Definitions:
  1. electric line, electric cable, power cable

  2. telephone line, telegraph wire


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Chinese characters used in this word

electricity, electric, lightning
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn)
Cantonese: din6
Japanese: デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma)
Korean: 전 (jeon)
Vietnamese: điện
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

line, track, thread, wire, clue
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ (xiàn)
Cantonese: sin3
Japanese: セン (sen) / すじ (suji)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: tuyến
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: 线
Semantic variant form: