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電話

でんわ

telephone

Mnemonic

Talk sent down a wire on lightning, which is what it actually is. Den でん, and the same wa わ as 会話, and you rang your mother on one: でんわ.

Built from

electricity
雨 rain along the top with the lightning coming down out of it. The storm first, then everything we run off it.
talk, story
言 speech + 舌 tongue

Words sharing these kanji

talk, story to talk, to speak conversation topic of conversation

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