燈 — kanji meaning “lamp”
燈
lamp, light, counter for lights
- Meanings
- lamp, light, counter for lights
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- ひ、ほ-、ともしび、とも.す、あかり
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 10
- Newspaper frequency
- #2456 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- dēng — Chinese character page
Words with 燈
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 御神燈 | ごしんとう goshintou | light used as a religious offering |
| 燃燈仏 | ねんとうぶつ nentoubutsu | Dīpankara Buddha; Dipankara (the lamp bearer) |
| 燈籠鬢 | とうろうびん touroubin | Edo-period hair style with inflated hair at the sides; lantern sideburns |
| 竿燈 | かんとう kantou | Kanto Festival (Akita) |
| 九蓮宝燈 | チューレンポートー chuurenpootoo | nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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