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燈

燈 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ともしび。
  2. ひともし。燭錠。
  3. 仏の教え。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「火」+音符「登」。「たかつき」「ランプ（の台）」を意味する漢語｛燈｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lamp, light, counter for lights

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウ
Kun (native)
  • ひ
  • ほ〜
  • ともしび
  • とも(す)
  • あかり
Other languages
  • 拼音deng1
  • 한글deung
  • Hán-ViệtĐăng

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+71C8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰火登

Words using this kanji

  • 燈籠鬢とうろうびんEdo-period hair style with inflated hair at the sides

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-12
Four Corner
9281.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d2.1
Heisig
2978
Nelson
2800