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燈

lamp
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingひ、ほ-、ともしび、とも.す、あかり
Grade 10KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lamp
    エジソンは電燈を発明した。Edison invented the electric lamp.tatoeba
    ねぶたの山車燈籠Dashi Toro of Nebuta Festivalwiki
  2. light
  3. counter for lights
  4. lamp (old)RtK

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Compound words

街燈がいとう
street light
幻燈げんとう
slide (used for projection)
行燈あんどん
paper-enclosed standing lantern
提燈ちょうちん
paper lantern
電燈でんとう
electric light
燈芯とうしん
(lamp) wick
燈台とうだい
lighthouse
龕燈がんどう
Buddhist altar light
蛍光燈けいこうとう
fluorescent lamp
石燈篭いしどうろう
stone lantern
石燈籠いしどうろう
stone lantern
螢光燈けいこうとう
fluorescent lamp
アーク燈アークとう
arc light
懐中電燈かいちゅうでんとう
(electric) torch
岐阜提燈ぎふぢょうちん
gifu lantern
龕燈返しがんどうがえし
rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
景徳傳燈録けいとくでんとうろく
Transmission of the Lamp (collection of biographies of famous Zen masters)

Additional Examples

銅燈籠 文明三年銘
copper garden lantern with an inscription of the year 1471wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 燈

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