电视 diànshì

电视 diànshì

  • 电视 diànshì, television, TV, TV shows
  • 电 diàn electricity; electric; electronic; traditional character: 電 = 雨+电, originally meaning lightning. (see picture below)
  • meaning radical: 雨(rain)
  • phonetic radical: 申 (shēn)
  • 视 shì, to look at, inspect, observe, see
  • meaning radical: 见(see)
  • phonetic radical: 礻(示) (shì; often used as a meaning radical, meaning “to show, to see”)

视 stroke order animation

视 stroke order diagram