Example sentences
diàn电nǎo脑huài坏le了。
The computer broke.
shuí谁zài在yòng用diàn电nǎo脑？
Who is using the computer?
The story behind the character
电
The bronze 电 is a bolt of lightning, zigzagging down. The traditional 電 added a 雨 (rain) on top but kept the lightning below. Xu Shen wrote 电, 阴阳激耀也. The electricity in your phone began as the bolt splitting the sky.