灯火

See also: 燈火

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 灯火 – see 燈火 (“lights; oil lamp”). (This term is the simplified form of 燈火).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
灯	火
とう Grade: 4	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
燈火 (kyūjitai)

Noun

灯(とう)火(か) • (tōka) 

1. light; lamp, torch

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
灯	火
とも(し) Grade: 4	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
燈火 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
灯	火
とぼ(し) Grade: 4	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
燈火 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 灯火 – see the following entry.

【灯ともしび】4 [noun] a light [noun] a lit flame (such as of a candle or torch) [noun] (historical, obsolete) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of the Heian period, a kind of scholarship granted to university students Alternative spellings ともし火, 燭 【灯とぼしび】4 [noun] (archaic) alternative form of 灯 (tomoshibi) Alternative spelling 燭

(This term, 灯火, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^△灯火”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026