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灯
灯
See also: 燈
Translingual
| Shinjitai | 灯 |
|---|---|
| Simplified | 灯 |
| Traditional | 燈 |
Han character
灯 (radical 86 火+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火一弓 (FMN), composition ⿰火丁)
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
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 灯 – see 燈. (This character, 灯, is the simplified form of 燈.) |
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Japanese
Kanji
灯
Readings
- Goon: とう (tō), ちょう (chō) < ちやう (chau)
- Kan’on: とう (tō), てい (tei)
- Tōon: ちん (chin) (non-Jōyō reading), とん (ton) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kun: ひ (hi)
Non-Jōyō readings: あか.り (灯り, aka.ri), あかし (akashi), ほ- (ho-) (rare), とも.す (灯す, tomo.su), ともし (灯し, 灯, tomoshi), ともしび (tomoshibi), とも.る (灯る, tomo.ru), とぼ.す (灯す, tobo.su), とぼし (灯し, 灯, toboshi), とぼ.る (灯る, tobo.ru)
Compounds
Counter
灯 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 燈, hiragana とう, romaji -tō)
- electric lights
Suffix
灯 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 燈, hiragana とう, romaji -tō)
- electric light
Noun
灯 (hiragana ともしび, romaji tomoshibi)
- a light
- a lit flame such as a candle or torch
- (historical, obsolete) under the Ritsuryō system in the Heian period, a kind of scholarship granted to university students