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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
- —灯浮標light buoy; floating light
- —照空灯(anti-aircraft) searchlight
- —伝灯録Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)
- —アーク灯arc light
- —釣り灯籠hanging lantern
- —灯火管制blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)
- —灯籠流しceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
- —雪見灯籠three-legged stone lantern
- —紅灯緑酒(nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district
- —航空灯台aeronautical beacon
- —回り灯籠revolving lantern
- —消灯時間lights-out time
- —新涼灯火the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading
- —灯台下暗しit is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
- —ランプ点灯lighting of a lamp
- —避難誘導灯(illuminated) emergency exit signs
- —消灯ラッパlights-out trumpet; lights-out bugle call; taps; last post
- —航空障害灯aircraft warning lights; airplane warning lights; obstacle light; obstruction light
- —貧者の一灯one's mite; widow's mite; one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)
- —すずらん灯street light shaped as a lily-of-the-valley