燈
See also: 灯
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Translingual
| Japanese | 灯 |
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| Simplified | 灯 |
| Traditional | 燈 |
Han character
燈 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火弓人廿 (FNOT), four-corner 92818, composition ⿰火登)
References
- KangXi: page 682, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19402
- Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2238, character 11
- Unihan data for U+71C8
Chinese
| trad. | 燈 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 灯 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (登) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 登 | *tɯːŋ |
| 璒 | *tɯːŋ |
| 燈 | *tɯːŋ |
| 簦 | *tɯːŋ |
| 蹬 | *tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs |
| 磴 | *tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ |
| 鐙 | *tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs |
| 嶝 | *tɯːŋs |
| 隥 | *tɯːŋs |
| 橙 | *tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ |
| 凳 | *tɯːŋs |
| 墱 | *tɯːŋs |
| 鼟 | *tʰɯːŋ |
| 膯 | *tʰɯːŋ |
| 澄 | *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ |
| 鄧 | *dɯːŋs |
| 僜 | *dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ |
| 覴 | *tʰɯŋs |
| 瞪 | *dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ |
| 憕 | *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ |
| 撜 | *tjɯŋʔ |
| 證 | *tjɯŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tɯːŋ) : semantic 火 (“candlelight”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ).
Etymology
- to jinx
- From 燈神／灯神. See there for more.
Pronunciation
Definitions
燈
- lamp; light; lantern (for illumination) (Classifier: 盞／盏 m c h; 眼 c; 支 mn)
- 電燈／电灯 ― diàndēng ― electric light
- 熄燈／熄灯 ― xīdēng ― to turn off a light
- lamp (for heating)
- 酒精燈／酒精灯 ― jiǔjīngdēng ― alcohol burner
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) to jinx; to often make incorrect predictions
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 燈 (“lamp; light”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燈 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 燈 |
| Xi'an | 燈 | |
| Chengdu | 亮 | |
| Guilin | 燈 | |
| Malaysia | 火, 燈 | |
| Singapore | 燈 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 燈 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 燈 |
| Hong Kong | 燈 | |
| Taishan | 燈, 火 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燈 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 燈, 火 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 燈, 火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 燈, 火 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 燈, 火 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燈 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 燈 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 燈 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 燈, 火 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 火 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 火, 燈 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 火, 燈 | |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 燈 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燈 |
| Ningbo | 燈, 亮 dated | |
| Wenzhou | 燈 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燈, 亮 |
| Xiangxiang | 燈 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 燈
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Japanese
Kanji
燈
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 灯)
Readings
- Go-on: とう (tō)
- Kan-on: とう (tō)
- Kan’yō-on: とん (ton)
- Kun: あかり (akari, 燈); ともしび (tomoshibi, 燈); ともす (tomosu, 燈す); ひ (hi, 燈); ほ (ho, 燈)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 燈 (MC təŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 드ᇰ (tung) (Yale: tung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource燈 (eumhun 등 등 (deung deung))
- Hanja form? of 등 (“lamp, lantern, light”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 등광 (燈光, deunggwang, “lamp light”)
- 등탑 (燈塔, deungtap, “tower with lamp”)
- 등대 (燈臺, deungdae, “lighthouse”)
- 등유 (燈油, deung'yu, “lamp oil”)
- 등화 (燈火, deunghwa, “lamp light”)
- 등잔 (燈盞, deungjan, “oil lamp”)
- 전등 (電燈, jeondeung, “electric lamp”)
- 신호등 (信號燈, sinhodeung, “traffic lights”)
- 가로등 (街路燈, garodeung, “streetlamp”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
燈: Hán Nôm readings: đăng
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