1. The cursive script of "电"
2. The etymological evolution of "电"
"Shen" is the original character for "电" and "神" . Shen, the oracle bones are like mysterious and frightening thunderbolts, lightning cracking and stretching in all directions. When the "lightning" meaning of "Shen" disappeared, the bronze inscription added "rain" to the glyph of "Shen" and replaced it with "electricity", emphasizing the characteristics of "electricity" and the thunderbolt phenomenon accompanying rainy days.
The seal script mistakenly wrote the image of the thunderbolt in the gold glyph as "Shen", and mistakenly wrote the branch shapes at both ends of the thunderbolt in the gold glyph as two hands, causing the image of the thunderbolt to disappear. In the official script, "Shen" in the seal character form is written as "Dian". Simplified regular script omits the glyph "Yu" in the traditional regular script and returns to the glyph "Shen". ?
The original meaning of the coined word: noun, a sharp and toothy flash that appears on the sky when it rains.
Extended information
The combination of "electricity"
1. Telephone [ diàn huà ]
Change the sound of people's speech into The electrical signal is transmitted, and after reaching the other party, the electrical signal is restored to voice to achieve a communication method of long-distance dialogue. Those that transmit voice signals through wires are called wired phones, and those that use radio waves to transmit voice signals are called wireless phones. According to the business scope, it is divided into local calls, rural calls, long-distance calls, etc.
2. Movie [ diàn yǐng ]
Based on the principle that human vision can temporarily retain impressions, a camera is used to shoot moving images of people or other subjects into continuous pictures. , reproduced on the screen through a projector.
3. Electricity [ diàn lì ]
The working power produced by electricity usually refers to the electricity used for power.
4. Tram [ diàn chē ]
A public transportation vehicle powered by electricity. Electric energy is supplied from overhead power lines. It is divided into trolleybuses and trams. kind.
5. Thunder, anger and lightning [léi chēn diàn nù]
An angry look.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Electricity (Chinese characters)