Question

灯 ひ、ほ-、ともしび、とも.す、あかり 灯り(あかり): (1) light; illumination; glow; gleam (2) lamp; light灯(ひ): light; lamp; torch灯油(とうゆ): lamp oil; kerosene電灯(でんとう): electric light灯台(とうだい): (1) lighthouse (2) old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it蛍光灯(けいこうとう): (1) fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light (2) person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake 4 火: fire丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 火 4 燈 lamp A lamp is fire you can hang from a nail.

Accepted Answer

トウ lamp, a light, light, no. of lights 2 1605 6 86 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが 形声 Phonetic Imagine old gas lamps which had a flame to light up the street signs.

Kanji	灯
Onyomi	トウ
Kunyomi	ひ、ほ-、ともしび、とも.す、あかり
English	lamp, a light, light, no. of lights
Examples	灯り(あかり): (1) light; illumination; glow; gleam (2) lamp; light 灯(ひ): light; lamp; torch 灯油(とうゆ): lamp oil; kerosene 電灯(でんとう): electric light 灯台(とうだい): (1) lighthouse (2) old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it 蛍光灯(けいこうとう): (1) fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light (2) person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	1605
Components	火: fire 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	火
Radical Number	86
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが
Traditional Form	燈
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	lamp
Koohii Story 1	Imagine old gas lamps which had a flame to light up the street signs.
Koohii Story 2	A lamp is fire you can hang from a nail.

Light Lamp Fluorescent Slow Fire 灯 トウ ひ、ほ 、ともしび、とも.す、あかり

Light Lamp Fluorescent Slow Fire 灯トウひ、ほ、ともしび、とも.す、あかり