灯 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「火」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「火」
- On
- トウとう · tō
- Kun
- ひhi
- Meaning
- lamp; light
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 火 (fire, meaning) with 丁 (sound); means "lamp/light." Original form 燈.
Readings and examples
| Onトウとうtō | 灯火とうか電灯でんとう点灯てんとう |
|---|---|
| Kunひhi | 灯あかり Compare: 火 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 電灯でんとう
electric light
- 灯台とうだい
lighthouse
- 蛍光灯けいこうとう
- 灯芯とうしん
Example
部屋の灯をつける。
I turn on the light in the room.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)