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電信 (でんしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん信しん

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Meanings

1

telegraph; telegram; telegraphy

Refers to the technology of telegraphy, the act of sending a telegram, or the message itself. Often used in historical or technical contexts; modern communication is usually メール or メッセージ.

昔むかしは海かい外がいとの連れん絡らくに

電でん

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In the past, they used telegraphs to communicate overseas.

彼かれは電でん信しんで祝しゅく辞じを送おくった。

He sent a congratulatory message by telegram.

Usage patterns

電でん信しんを打うつto send a telegram
父ちちは戦せん地ちから家か族ぞくに電でん信しんを打うった。
My father sent a telegram to his family from the battlefield.
電でん信しんで〈事こと〉を知しらせるto inform someone of something by telegraph
無む事じに到とう着ちゃくしたことを電でん信しんで知しらせた。
He informed them of his safe arrival by telegraph.
電でん信しんが届とどくfor a telegram to arrive
その夜よる、遠とおい町まちから電でん信しんが届とどいた。
That night, a telegram arrived from a distant town.

Kanji

電electricity
信faith, truth, fidelity

Related words

電でん報ぽうN4
電報 refers to the actual telegram message that is sent, while 電信 covers the broader technology or act of telegraphic communication.
通つう信しんN3
通信 is a general term for any kind of communication, including modern methods, while 電信 refers specifically to telegraphic communication.
テレグラフ
電信 is the standard Japanese term for the telegraph system and is used more often than the loanword テレグラフ, especially in technical or historical writing.

Don't confuse with

電でん話わN5
電信 refers to telegraphy (text messages sent over wires), while 電話 refers to the telephone and voice communication, a different technology entirely.
電でん報ぽうN4
電信 refers to the telegraph technology or system itself, while 電報 is the actual message sent through that system.

Word family· 15

電でん信しん柱ばしら
utility pole; telephone pole
電でん信しん局きょく
telegraph office
電でん信しん機き
telegraph device

Written forms

電でん信しんUsage98%
Standard kanji form; high-frequency news term.
でんしんUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 電 (electric) and 信 (communication, message), modeled after Western telegraphy terminology in the late 19th century.

加か入にゅう電でん信しん

telex

印いん刷さつ電でん信しん

printing telegraphy

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有ゆう線せん電でん信しん
wire telegraph
海かい底てい電でん信しん
submarine telegraphy
無む線せん電でん信しん
radio telegraphy; wireless telegraphy
電でん信しん技ぎ手しゅ
telegraph operator; telegraphist; telegrapher
電でん信しん為替かわせ
telegraphic transfer
電でん信しん略りゃく号ごう
telegraphic address; cable address

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