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灯 kanji
lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
ひほ-ともしびともすあかり
Variant forms
燈Words with 灯
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4電灯Popularelectric light
- N2灯台Popularlighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
- N2灯油Popularkerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
- N2蛍光灯Popularfluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
- —街灯Popularstreet light; streetlamp
- —消灯Popularputting out the lights; turning off the lights
- —灯火Popularlight; lamplight
- —懐中電灯Popular(electric) torch; flashlight
- —灯light; lamp; counter for electric lights
- —外灯outside light
- —幻灯slide (used for projection); magic lantern
- —船灯ship's lamp
- —点灯lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
- —灯影flicker of light
- —灯明light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
- —奉灯votive lantern
- —万灯Buddhist lantern festival
- —龕灯Buddhist altar light; flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
- —尾灯tail light; tail lamp; rear light
- —軒灯lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light