Usage patterns 電でん 信しん を 打う つ to send a telegram
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
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
That night, a telegram arrived from a distant town.
Related words 電報 refers to the actual telegram message that is sent, while 電信 covers the broader technology or act of telegraphic communication.
通信 is a general term for any kind of communication, including modern methods, while 電信 refers specifically to telegraphic communication.
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 電信 refers to telegraphy (text messages sent over wires), while 電話 refers to the telephone and voice communication, a different technology entirely.
電信 refers to the telegraph technology or system itself, while 電報 is the actual message sent through that system.
Word family· 15 Show 6 more Show fewer wire telegraph
submarine telegraphy
radio telegraphy; wireless telegraphy
telegraph operator; telegraphist; telegrapher
telegraphic transfer
telegraphic address; cable address
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Written forms 電でん 信しん Usage 98%
Standard kanji form; high-frequency news term.
でんしん Usage 2%
Etymology Compound of 電 (electric) and 信 (communication, message), modeled after Western telegraphy terminology in the late 19th century.
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