电视机
diànshìjī · HSK 1
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📺 电视机 = electric + view + machine
电 (electric) + 视 (view/look) + 机 (machine/device). The same 机 appears in 飞机 (airplane) and 手机 (cellphone) — it marks a powered device.
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.