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灯 : Lamp

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Components:

lamp, a light, light, counter for lights

On 'yomi:
トウ(tou)
Kun 'yomi:
(hi) ほ-() ともしび(tomoshibi) とも.す(tomo.su) あかり(akari)
Strokes:6
Radical: (86)
Usage Rating:1605
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:4
Unicode:0706f
jis208:37-84
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灯 Usage examples

(かくとう)square hand-lantern
(こうとう)red light
弓張り提(ゆみはりぢょうちん)
弓張提(ゆみはりぢょうちん)
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
(はくとうゆ)kerosene
白熱(はくねつとう)incandescent lamp
雪見(ゆきみどうろう)three-legged stone lantern
(ことう)solitary light
風前の(ふうぜんのともしび)
風前の(ふうぜんのともしび)
precarious situation, precarious state
角行(かくあんどん)square paper lantern
を点ける(でんとうをつける)to turn (switch) on an electric lamp
をつける(ひをつける)
を付ける(ひをつける)
を点ける(ひをつける)
to turn on the light
車内(しゃないとう)interior light (train, etc.)
制動(せいどうとう)brake light, stoplight
標識(ひょうしきとう)beacon light
ガス(ガスとう)
瓦斯(ガスとう)
gas light, gas lamp
ナトリウム(ナトリウムとう)sodium-vapor lamp, sodium-vapour lamp
(ヒトリガ)garden tiger moth (Arctia caja)
照明(しょうめいとう)light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.
緑酒(こうとうりょくしゅ)(nights of) fun, food, and drink, bright-light district, nightlife district
更紗(サラサドウダン)redvein enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)
丸行(まるあんどん)cylindrical paper lantern
(とうろう)
ろう(とうろう)
(とうろう)
garden lantern, hanging lantern
台草(トウダイグサ)wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia), sun splurge
に釣鐘(ちょうちんにつりがね)
に釣り鐘(ちょうちんにつりがね)
paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature), (like) chalk and cheese