灯 – lamp, a light, light

6 strokesTaught in grade 4#1605 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 灯 means lamp, a light, light, counter for lights. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひ、ほ-、ともしび、とも.す、あかり (hi, ho, tomoshibi, tomosu, akari). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	ひ	hi
Kun’yomi	ほ-	ho
Kun’yomi	ともしび	tomoshibi
Kun’yomi	とも.す	tomosu
Kun’yomi	あかり	akari

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 一・火・亅.

Words using 灯

電灯でんとうelectric light灯ひlight灯台とうだいlighthouse灯油とうゆkerosene蛍光灯けいこうとうfluorescent lamp

Example sentences

ルーシーは電灯のスイッチをつけた。

Lucy turned on the light switch.

Tatoeba #192401

窓に灯がともっていた。

There was a light burning in the window.

Tatoeba #140398

遠い灯台のかすかな光を見た。

We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈

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