灯

See also 燈

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 燈 (登 → 丁)

Han character

灯 (radical 86 火+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火一弓 (FMN), composition ⿰火丁)

1. lantern, lamp

References

• KangXi: page 665, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18855
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2188, character 3
• Unihan data for U+706F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

灯 (traditional 燈, Yale dang1)

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Japanese

Kanji

灯 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: とう (tō), てい (tei), ちょう (chō)
• Kun: ひ (hi)

Compounds

• 灯籠 (dōrō)
• 幻灯 (げんとう, gentō)

Counter

灯 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 燈, hiragana とう, romaji -tō)

1. electric lights

Suffix

灯 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 燈, hiragana とう, romaji -tō)

1. electric light

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Korean

Hanja

灯 (hangeul 정, 등, revised jeong, deung, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, tŭng, Yale ceng, tung)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

灯 (traditional 燈, pinyin dēng (deng1), Wade-Giles teng¹)