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    3. 灯

    灯

    灯ひ

    lamp

    N2KMT9Freq #1605Core ConceptsKanji6 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ひほ-ともしびとも.すあかり

    On'yomi

    トウ

    lampa lightlightcounter for lights

    火丁

    火
    一
    亅

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    Alternative forms of this concept

    灬

    Concepts using this kanji

    灯

    light

    灯油

    kerosene

    灯す

    to light (a candle, lamp, etc.)

    灯台

    lighthouse

    電灯

    electric light

    蛍光灯

    fluorescent lamp

    懐中電灯

    (electric) torch

    点灯

    lighting (a lamp)

    消灯

    putting out the lights

    提灯

    paper lantern

    灯火

    light

    街灯

    street light

    八方行灯

    large hanging paper lantern

    万灯会

    Buddhist lantern festival

    安全灯

    safety lamp

    予告灯

    advance warning light (e.g. with road hazards, trains, elevators, etc.)

    車内灯

    interior light (train, etc.)

    制動灯

    brake light

    進入灯

    approach light

    表示灯

    signal light

    高灯台

    tall lamp or candle stand

    提灯お化け

    lantern ghost

    室内灯

    room light

    提灯記事

    puff piece (in a newspaper, etc.)

    灯体

    theatrical light

    点灯夫

    lamplighter

    有明行灯

    portable paper lantern for walking at night

    全灯

    full light (setting)

    灯心

    (lamp) wick

    消灯時間

    lights-out time

    小田原提灯

    (collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern

    前灯

    headlight (on a vehicle)

    天井灯

    ceiling light

    丸行灯

    cylindrical paper lantern

    信号灯

    signal light

    外灯

    outside light

    提灯を持つ

    to sing someone's praises

    提灯持ち

    lantern bearer

    法灯

    light of Buddhism

    万灯

    Buddhist lantern festival

    灯台守

    lighthouse keeper

    常灯明

    continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

    灯下

    place by the lamp

    行灯水母

    jimble (Carybdea rastoni)

    風前の灯

    precarious situation

    行灯

    paper-enclosed standing lantern

    回転灯

    flashing lights

    水銀灯

    mercury lamp

    貧者の一灯

    one's mite

    放電灯

    discharge lamp

    丸提灯

    round paper lantern

    無灯火

    without lights

    灯明かり

    lamplight

    灯明

    light offered to a god or Buddha

    警告灯

    warning light

    ランプ点灯

    lighting of a lamp

    常夜灯

    light that stays on all night

    無灯

    without lights

    高張提灯

    large paper lantern on a pole

    航空灯台

    aeronautical beacon

    終夜灯

    night light

    点灯管

    gas discharge lamp starter

    天灯

    sky lantern (light paper lantern elevated by hot air from the flame)

    無影灯

    astral lamp

    非常灯

    emergency light

    常灯

    continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

    電灯線

    electrical light wiring

    消灯令

    curfew

    神灯

    sacred light

    アリストテレスの提灯

    Aristotle's lantern

    灯光

    lamplight

    電灯をつける

    to turn on an electric light

    消灯ラッパ

    lights-out trumpet

    提灯行列

    lantern procession

    白張り提灯

    white paper lantern used at funerals

    角行灯

    square paper lantern

    白灯油

    kerosene

    火灯

    pottery lantern (curved conical shape)

    読書灯

    reading light

    遠州行灯

    Enshū lantern

    灯台草

    wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia)

    灯台下暗し

    it is darkest under the lamp post

    赤提灯

    red paper restaurant lantern

    探海灯

    searchlight

    前照灯

    headlight (on a vehicle)

    春灯

    lamps lit at night in spring

    門灯

    gate lamp

    伝灯録

    Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)

    昼行灯

    dunce

    白熱灯

    incandescent lamp

    灯影

    flicker of light

    強盗提灯

    flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward

    照明灯

    light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.

    走馬灯

    revolving lantern

    赤色灯

    red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)

    回り灯籠

    revolving lantern

    航空障害灯

    aircraft warning lights

    掛行灯

    paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store

    太陽灯

    sunlamp

    献灯

    votive lantern in a shrine or temple

    洋灯

    lamp

    石灯籠

    stone lantern

    船灯

    ship's lamp

    集魚灯

    fish-luring lights

    街路灯

    street light

    尾灯

    tail light

    灯籠流し

    ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river

    誘導灯

    emergency exit light

    標識灯

    beacon light

    角灯

    square hand-lantern

    掻灯

    lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine

    釣行灯

    hanging paper lantern

    幻灯機

    magic lantern

    瓦灯口

    low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

    豆電灯

    small light

    灯標

    light beacon

    灯浮標

    light buoy

    景徳伝灯録

    Jingde Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp Published in the Jingde Era, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)

    花灯籠

    flower lantern

    切組灯籠絵

    paper diorama (made from a woodblock print)

    殺虫灯

    light trap

    新涼灯火

    the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading

    弓張り提灯

    paper lantern with bow-shaped handle

    雪見灯籠

    three-legged stone lantern

    釣り提灯

    hanging lantern

    盆提灯

    Bon Festival lantern

    宝灯

    lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

    探照灯

    searchlight

    絹行灯

    lantern with a silk cloth-covered frame

    避難誘導灯

    (illuminated) emergency exit signs

    白灯蛾

    Chionarctia nivea (species of ermine moth)

    閃光灯

    flashing light

    孤灯

    solitary light

    殺菌灯

    germicidal lamp

    提灯袖

    puffed-up sleeves

    すずらん灯

    street light shaped as a lily-of-the-valley

    アーク灯

    arc light

    灯る

    to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb)

    灯をつける

    to turn on the light

    ナトリウム灯

    sodium-vapor lamp

    ガス灯

    gas light

    闇夜の灯火

    light in the darkness

    岐阜提灯

    gifu lantern

    魚灯

    lights to lure fish

    走馬灯のように駆け巡る

    to flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)

    灯籠

    garden lantern

    竜灯

    phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night

    行灯袴

    hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period)

    紅灯

    red light

    軒灯

    lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 一
    • 亅
    • 火
    • 幻灯機
    • 貧者の一灯
    • 新涼灯火
    • 丸提灯
    • 椎の灯火茸
    • 前灯
    • すずらん灯
    • 天灯
    • 全灯
    • 闇夜の灯火
    • 切組灯籠絵
    • 警告灯
    • 岐阜提灯
    • 無影灯
    • 灯標
    • 灯浮標
    • 景徳伝灯録
    • 伝灯録
    • 灯火

    is_used_in

    • アーク灯
    • 懐中電灯
    • 外灯
    • 街灯
    • 幻灯
    • 行灯
    • 信号灯
    • 石灯籠
    • 前照灯
    • 船灯
    • 昼行灯
    • 提灯
    • 天井灯
    • 点灯
    • 電灯
    • 灯影
    • 灯台
    • 灯台下暗し
    • 灯明
    • 灯油
    • 表示灯
    • 奉灯
    • 万灯
    • 龕灯
    • 灯す
    • 灯る
    • 灯
    • 盆灯籠
    • 蛍光灯
    • 消灯
    • 尾灯
    • 赤提灯
    • 誘蛾灯
    • 軒灯
    • 探照灯
    • 灯台守
    • 灯心
    • 無灯火
    • 無灯
    • 終夜灯
    • 走馬灯
    • 献灯
    • 火灯し頃
    • 門灯
    • 安全灯
    • 提灯行列
    • 提灯持ち
    • 水銀灯
    • 小田原提灯
    • 神灯
    • 探海灯
    • 舷灯
    • 釣り灯籠
    • 高張提灯
    • 灯下
    • 灯火管制
    • 灯光
    • 灯籠流し
    • 太陽灯
    • 常夜灯
    • 法灯
    • 雪見灯籠
    • 魚灯
    • 弧灯
    • 万灯会
    • 進入灯
    • 集魚灯
    • 盆提灯
    • 角灯
    • 紅灯
    • 弓張り提灯
    • 孤灯
    • 風前の灯
    • 白灯油
    • 白熱灯
    • 角行灯
    • 電灯をつける
    • 灯をつける
    • 車内灯
    • 制動灯
    • 標識灯
    • ガス灯
    • ナトリウム灯
    • 照明灯
    • 紅灯緑酒
    • 丸行灯
    • 灯籠
    • 灯台草
    • 提灯に釣鐘
    • 高灯台
    • 洋灯
    • 竜灯
    • 白灯蛾
    • 消灯令
    • ランプ点灯
    • 回転灯
    • 避難誘導灯
    • 誘導灯
    • 航空灯台
    • 消灯ラッパ
    • アリストテレスの提灯
    • 提灯鮟鱇
    • 瓦灯口
    • 放電灯
    • 灯体
    • 釣行灯
    • 八方行灯
    • 有明行灯
    • 掛行灯
    • 遠州行灯
    • 掻灯
    • 豆電灯
    • 回り灯籠
    • 絹行灯
    • 灯涼し
    • 提灯お化け
    • 提灯袖
    • 閃光灯
    • 常灯明
    • 常灯
    • 点灯管
    • 行灯袴
    • 箕作柄長提灯鮟鱇
    • 電灯線
    • 室内灯
    • 非常灯
    • 赤色灯
    • 予告灯
    • 提灯記事
    • 灯明かり
    • 航空障害灯
    • 火灯
    • 読書灯
    • 行灯水母
    • 花灯籠
    • 春灯
    • 釣り提灯
    • 走馬灯のように駆け巡る
    • 点灯夫
    • 白張り提灯
    • 殺菌灯
    • 強盗提灯
    • 殺虫灯
    • 宝灯
    • 消灯時間
    • 提灯を持つ
    • 街路灯

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    • 灬

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