电视
diànshì · HSK 1
television
📺 电视 = electric (电) + look/view (视)
电 means electricity (think 电话 phone, 电脑 computer); 视 means to view or sight (as in 视力 eyesight). Together: the electric viewing device — television.
电 — rain 雨 + lightning tail 电
Originally a pictograph of lightning streaking from a cloud, written 電 with the rain radical 雨 on top. The bottom 电 depicts the zigzag flash itself. The simplified form 电 drops 雨 and keeps just the lightning shape. Meaning extended from 'lightning' to 'electricity' in modern usage.