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灯 = 火 + 丁
灯 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lamp”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 丁 (street). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 177.
- Keyword
- lamp
- RTK frame
- 177
- Strokes
- 6
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- トウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひ, ほ-, ともしび, とも.す, あかり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- лампа
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 灯 lantern
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 灯 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “street”. 灯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 灯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.