Chinese symbol for “lighthouse”
灯塔
dēng tǎ
Traditional: 燈塔
lighthouse; measure word: 座 (zuò)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lighthouse is 灯塔 (dēng tǎ), defined as: lighthouse; measure word: 座 (zuò).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lighthouse”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灯塔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灯光 (燈光) | dēng guāng | (stage) lighting; light |
| 灯笼 (燈籠) | dēng lóng | lantern |
| 红灯 (紅燈) | hóng dēng | red light |
| 路灯 (路燈) | lù dēng | street lamp; street light |
| 灯泡 (燈泡) | dēng pào | light bulb; see also 电灯泡 (diàn dēng pào) |
| 金字塔 | jīn zì tǎ | pyramid (building or structure) |
| 炮塔 | pào tǎ | gun turret |
| 宝塔 (寶塔) | bǎo tǎ | pagoda |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lighthouse”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.