Word Meaning 発電

はつでん hatsuden

発電 is read as はつでん (hatsuden) and means generation (e.g. power).

Meaning

English

  1. generation (e.g. power)
  2. sending a telegram
  3. telegraphing

Reading

Kana

はつでん

Romaji

hatsuden

Writing Variants

  • 發電 はつでん hatsuden

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 3429 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

発電所

はつでんしょ

power plant

発電機

はつでんき

dynamo

発電施設

はつでんしせつ

power generation facility

発電器官

はつでんきかん

electric organ

発電効率

はつでんこうりつ

power generation efficiency

発送電分離

はっそうでんぶんり

separation of electrical power production from power distribution and transmission

発受電電力量

はつじゅでんでんりょくりょう

generated and purchased electric power

潮力発電

ちょうりょくはつでん

tidal power generation

波力発電

はりょくはつでん

wave power electrical generation

電源開発

でんげんかいはつ

Electric Power Development

独立発電事業者

どくりつはつでんじぎょうしゃ

independent power producer

Example Sentences

10

Here is an atomic power plant.

Nuclear power is used to generate electricity.

Tom works at a nuclear plant.

I got up early in order to catch the first train.

I got up early enough to catch the first train.

Bill got up early in order to catch the first train.

Nuclear power plants are dangerous, not to mention nuclear weapons.

The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.

He caught the first train and got there just in time.

In Japan solar heat is used more for solar water heaters than for electricity generation.