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Kanji Detail for 燈 - "lamp, light, lantern"
燈
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Meaning
燈 means "lamp, light, lantern."
Lamp - A device for giving light.
Light - Illumination; brightness.
Lantern - A portable light.
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Tattoo check: 燈
- Verified meaning: lamp, light, lantern
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read あかし, あかり, とう, ともしび)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 燈
Given names 燈(あかし)
燈(あかり)
燈(ともしび)
燈(ひかる)
Surnames 燈(とう)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
lamp; light; counter for lights
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
lantern, lamp
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
lamp, lantern, light
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An implement for burning fire. Burns oil to produce light. | [Character analysis] Also written as variant.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 燈
Edison invented the electric lamp.
The Nara lights and flowers festival was very romantic!
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
書斎には洋机と椅子の外に、沢山の書物が美しい背皮を並べて、硝子越に電燈の光で照らされていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
模様の織り出された厚い糊の硬い卓布が美しくかつ清らかに電燈の光を射返していた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私が偶然その樹の前に立って、再びこの宅の玄関を跨ぐべき次の秋に思いを馳せた時、今まで格子の間から射していた玄関の電燈がふっと消えた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はその黒いなりに動かなければ仕末のつかなくなった都会の、不安でざわざわしているなかに、一点の燈火のごとくに先生の家を見た。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はその時この燈火が音のしない渦の中に、自然と捲き込まれている事に気が付かなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
洋燈の光がＫの机から斜めにぼんやりと私の室に差し込みました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
やがて洋燈をふっと吹き消す音がして、家中が真暗なうちに、しんと静まりました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
Ｋは洋燈の灯を背中に受けているので、彼の顔色や眼つきは、全く私には分りませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その時Ｋの洋燈に油が尽きたと見えて、室の中はほとんど真暗でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は引き返して自分の洋燈を手に持ったまま、入口に立って奥さんを顧みました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
洋燈の光がＫの机から斜めにぼんやりと私の室に差し込みました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
やがて洋燈をふっと吹き消す音がして、家中が真暗なうちに、しんと静まりました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
Ｋは洋燈の灯を背中に受けているので、彼の顔色や眼つきは、全く私には分りませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
More kanji with the radical 火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)
- 火 fire, to burn, light
- 灯 lamp, light, lantern
- 灰 ash, gray
- 灸 moxibustion
- 灼 to burn
- 災 disaster, calamity, fire
- 炉 furnace, hearth, fireplace
- 炊 to cook rice, to boil
- 炎 flame, to burn, burning hot
- 炭 charcoal, coal, carbon
- 点 point, mark, score
- 為 to make, to do
- 烈 intense
- 烏 crow, black
- 焚 burn, kindle
- 無 nothing, none, without
- 焦 to scorch, to be impatient
- 焰 flame, blaze
- 然 so, natural
- 焼 to burn, to bake, to roast
- 煉 to refine, to temper, to polish
- 煌 radiant, glitter
- 煎 to roast, to boil down
- 煙 smoke, tobacco
- 煤 soot, coal
- 勲 merit, distinguished service, decoration