noun, takes する, takes genitive case の

  1. telephone call, phone call.

noun, takes genitive case の

Abbreviation.
  1. telephone (device), phone.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
電話 でんわ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

electricity
デン (2nd, N5)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
lightning, electricity
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
hidden, mysterious, secret
イン オン かく.す
tale, talk
はなし ワ はな.す (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
tongue, reed, clapper
した ゼツ (5th, N1)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)