灯 dēng lamp; light; lantern
Made up of [火 huǒ fire radical 86, 丁 dīng nail; robust; adult man ]Alternative traditional form of character: 燈
Made with 6 strokes.
Fire on right indicates meaning - lantern, originally used a closer phonetic on left but now less accurate 'ding'
Related characters
Also uses 火 huǒ component: 烤 kǎo (to roast) 灭 miè (to extinguish) ; 炮 pào (cannon) ; 秋 qiú (autumn) ; 灾 zāi (disaster) ; 炸 zhà (to explode)
Also uses 丁 dīng component: 宁 nìng (better) 打 qiú (to beat) ; 行 xíng (permitted) ; 于 yú (in)
Sounds same
登 dēng (to ascend)Different tone
等 děng (wait)Pronunciation
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