电视剧 (diàn shì jù)

Character breakdown

• 电 (diàn) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 電, which depicts lightning (申) during a rainstorm (雨). The 雨 component was deleted for simplification.

• 视 (shì) · 8 strokes

  Simplified form of 視. Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 礻 represents the sound.

• 剧 (jù) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 居 represents the sound. Simplified form of 劇.