燈 [灯] dēng
noun
: lamp; light; lantern
Kun Reading
灯 | ひ hi
noun
: light; lamp; torch
灯 | あかし akashi
noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp
灯 OR 明かり | あかり akari
noun
: lamp; light
灯 | ともし tomoshi
noun
: light; lamp
: baiting deer with a lighted torch
灯 | ともしび tomoshibi
noun
: light; lamp; torch
灯す OR 燈す | ともす tomosu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to light; to turn on
灯る | ともる tomoru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to burn; to be lighted; to be lit
On Reading
灯 [燈] | とう tou
noun
: light; lamp;
: counter for electric lights
燈[灯]火 deng1huo3: lights
[灯火 OR 燈火 | とうか touka: light; lamp; torch]
燈籠 [灯笼] deng1long2: lantern
[灯籠 OR 燈籠 | とうろう tourou: garden lantern; hanging lantern]
燈心[灯] deng1xin1: lamp wick
[灯心 | とうしん toushin: (lamp) wick]
燈[灯]光 deng1guang1: (stage) lighting; light
[灯光 | とうこう toukou: lamplight]
燈[灯]泡 deng1pao4: light bulb
電燈泡 dian4deng1 pao4: third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple’s date (slang)
燈[灯]塔 deng1ta3: lighthouse
電燈 [电灯] dian4deng1: electric light
[電灯 | でんとう dentou: electric light]
紅綠燈 [红绿灯] hong2 lü4deng1: traffic light; traffic signal
[赤信号 | あかしんごう akashingou: red light (traffic)]路燈[灯] lu4deng1: street lamp; street light
幻燈 [灯] huan4deng1: lantern slides
[幻灯 | げんとう gentou: slide projector; magic lantern]
日光燈 [灯] ri4guang1 deng1: fluorescent light
螢光燈 [萤光灯] OR 熒光燈 [荧光灯] ying2guang1 deng1: fluorescence; fluorescent light
Japanese common word | expression
蛍光灯 | けいこうとう keikoutou
: fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light;
: person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
電灯を点ける | でんとうをつける dentou o tsukeru
: to turn (switch) on an electric lamp
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
闖紅燈 [闯红灯] chuang3 hong2 deng1
: to run a red light; failing to stop at a red traffic light
: (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
吹燈拔蠟 [吹灯拔蜡] chui1 deng1 ba2 la4
: lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle; fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
張燈結彩 [张灯结彩] zhang1 deng1 jie2 cai3
: to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners
挑燈夜戰 [挑灯夜战] tiao3 deng1 ye4 zhan4
: to raise a lantern and fight at night; fig. to work into the night; to burn the midnight oil
只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈 [只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯] zhi3 xu3 zhou1 guan1 fang4 huo3 , bu4 xu3 bai3 xing4 dian3 deng1
: only the official is allowed to light the fire. Gods may do what cattle may not. quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
形声 Pictophonetic.
火 (huo3: fire radical 86) suggests the meaning while
登 (deng1: to rise, mount) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
灯. Created as unique simplification #46 (燈 » 灯) via replacement of character component.
Examples:
あれはほんとうにけいこうとうだね kare wa hontou ni keikou tou dane
あれは本当に蛍光灯だね。
He’s really slow to catch on.
把燈關掉。
ba3 deng1 guan1diao4
Turn off the lights.
