發電

发

發

fa̅

电

電

diàn

to generate electricity / to send a telegram

Characters and words in 發電

发

發

fa̅ = f + a1

to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

电

電

diàn = di + an4

lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc

电 = 乚 + 曰 : Dorothy Gale (di) is looking for a wall plug for her charger (mnemonic symbol for 电) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's digging up the whole place with a shovel (乚), but instead of a wall plug she finds a microphone (曰).