燈

See also: 灯

Translingual

Japanese	灯
Simplified	灯
Traditional	燈

Han character

燈 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火弓人廿 (FNOT), four-corner 9281₈, composition ⿰火登)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 682, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19402
• Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2238, character 11
• Unihan data for U+71C8

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Chinese

trad.		燈
simp.		灯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (登) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
登	*tɯːŋ
璒	*tɯːŋ
燈	*tɯːŋ
簦	*tɯːŋ
蹬	*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝	*tɯːŋs
隥	*tɯːŋs
橙	*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳	*tɯːŋs
墱	*tɯːŋs
鼟	*tʰɯːŋ
膯	*tʰɯːŋ
澄	*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧	*dɯːŋs
僜	*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴	*tʰɯŋs
瞪	*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕	*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜	*tjɯŋʔ
證	*tjɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tɯːŋ) : semantic 火 (“candlelight”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēng, dēn (deng¹, den¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ, ㄉㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ang¹ / ang^1*

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tên

  (Meixian, Guangdong): dên¹

• Northern Min (KCR): dáing
• Eastern Min (BUC): dĭng / dĕng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): teng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ten

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: deng
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹
    • Yale: dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deng
    • Palladius: дэн (dɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengr
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: dēngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengl
    • Palladius: дэнр (dɛnr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, shangkouzi pronunciation)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: den
    • Wade–Giles: tên¹
    • Yale: dēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: den
    • Palladius: дэнь (dɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dang¹
    • Yale: dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ang¹ / ang^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³/, /aŋ³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tên
    • Hakka Romanization System: den´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: den¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ten²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dên¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tɛn⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dáing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dĭng / dĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/, /tɛiŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• dĭng - colloquial;
• dĕng - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng
    • Tâi-lô: ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: teng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ten
    • MiniDict: ten^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ten
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tən⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tong

Rime
Character	燈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都滕切
Baxter	tong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/təŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/təŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təŋ/
Li Rong	/təŋ/
Wang Li	/təŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/təŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dang1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-tˤəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	燈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dēng
Middle Chinese	‹ tong ›
Old Chinese	/*k-tˁəŋ/
English	lamp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燈
Reading #	1/1
No.	2171
Phonetic component	登
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tɯːŋ/
Notes	鐙後起分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 燈

1. lamp; light (for illumination) (Classifier: 盞／盏; 眼 c)
2. lamp (for heating)
3. lantern (Classifier: 盞／盏)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

燈

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 灯)

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kan’yō-on: とん (ton)
• Kun: あかり (akari, 燈); ともしび (tomoshibi, 燈); ともす (tomosu, 燈す); ひ (hi, 燈); ほ (ho, 燈)

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Korean

Hanja

燈 (eumhun 등 등 (deung deung))

1. lamp, lantern, light

Compounds

• 등광 (deunggwang)(燈光) lamp light
• 등탑 (deungtap)(燈塔) tower with lamp
• 등대 (deungdae)(燈臺) lighthouse
• 등유 (deung'yu)(燈油) lamp oil
• 등화 (deunghwa)(燈火) lamp light
• 등잔 (deungjan)(燈盞) oil lamp
• 전등 (jeondeung)(電燈) electric lamp
• 신호등 (sinhodeung)(信號燈) traffic lights
• 가로등 (garodeung)(街路燈) streetlamp

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 燈 (đăng)

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