停電
ていでん · teiden · JLPT N3 · noun
electricity
🔌🕯️ 停電 = stop 停 + electricity 電: the power stops
停 (tei) means stop or halt, as in 停止 teishi, to stop. 電 (den) means electricity, as in 電話 denwa, telephone. Together they mean the electricity has stopped: a power outage.
停 — person 亻 + pavilion 亭
A semantic-phonetic compound: 亻 (person) gives the meaning, while 亭 (pavilion, also pronounced tíng) supplies the sound. The image is of a person stopping at a roadside pavilion to rest, which yields the modern senses 'to stop, halt, park.'