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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
- —春灯lamps lit at night in spring
- —宝灯lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light
- —前灯headlight (on a vehicle)
- —天灯sky lantern (light paper lantern elevated by hot air from the flame)
- —全灯full light (setting)
- —提灯paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
- —灯標light beacon
- —霧灯fog lamp; fog light
- —信号灯signal light; semaphore
- —石灯籠stone lantern
- —前照灯headlight (on a vehicle)
- —天井灯ceiling light
- —表示灯signal light
- —盆灯籠Bon Festival lantern
- —誘蛾灯light trap (for killing insects)
- —探照灯searchlight
- —灯台守lighthouse keeper
- —無灯火without lights
- —終夜灯night light
- —走馬灯revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)