Kanji1 / 16
燈 kanji
lamp, light, counter for lights
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
ひほ-ともしびともすあかり
Variant forms
灯Words with 燈
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —ご神燈light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
- —常燈明continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)
- —照空燈(anti-aircraft) searchlight
- —アーク燈arc light
- —懐中電燈(electric) torch; flashlight
- —燈台草科Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)
- —航空燈台aeronautical beacon
- —龕燈返しrotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
- —回り燈籠revolving lantern
- —秋田竿燈祭Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
- —秋田竿燈祭りAkita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
- —走馬燈のように駆けめぐるto flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)