Read Edit View history 灯 dēng HSK2 lantern Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 燈. Pinyin Separate values with commas dēng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 灯 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 燈 ×灯 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 灯 Simp strokes 灯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 灯 Simp strokes 灯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 灯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 169, 579 ], [ 170, 496 ], [ 156, 409 ] ], [ [ 439, 672 ], [ 453, 637 ], [ 355, 560 ], [ 345, 558 ], [ 342, 542 ] ], [ [ 259, 787 ], [ 288, 769 ], [ 311, 744 ], [ 310, 530 ], [ 292, 333 ], [ 260, 228 ], [ 224, 166 ], [ 170, 114 ], [ 107, 79 ] ], [ [ 323, 343 ], [ 405, 277 ], [ 430, 234 ] ], [ [ 482, 565 ], [ 531, 559 ], [ 648, 585 ], [ 852, 616 ], [ 934, 600 ] ], [ [ 676, 561 ], [ 707, 542 ], [ 722, 514 ], [ 729, 139 ], [ 722, 95 ], [ 703, 62 ], [ 655, 74 ], [ 572, 114 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 156 577 Q 146 520 127 466 Q 115 433 141 398 Q 154 382 172 400 Q 211 451 197 525 Q 194 559 180 583 Q 173 590 167 590 Q 158 586 156 577 Z", "M 334 536 Q 434 591 483 611 Q 501 614 498 625 Q 494 641 478 662 Q 462 681 440 687 Q 425 688 424 669 Q 425 656 414 641 Q 384 608 332 559 C 310 538 308 522 334 536 Z", "M 319 351 Q 325 435 334 536 L 332 559 Q 333 685 356 742 Q 363 757 352 769 Q 328 788 287 798 Q 260 805 252 797 Q 242 790 251 777 Q 311 681 270 356 Q 243 218 179 151 Q 151 123 112 92 Q 99 83 100 79 Q 101 75 113 76 Q 126 72 160 88 Q 277 136 313 315 Q 313 319 315 323 L 319 351 Z", "M 315 323 Q 319 316 331 306 Q 368 272 406 231 Q 416 218 430 218 Q 440 218 445 229 Q 451 241 445 268 Q 438 308 331 348 Q 325 351 319 351 C 293 354 298 347 315 323 Z", "M 712 569 Q 781 579 887 582 Q 938 582 945 594 Q 951 607 932 620 Q 871 665 818 644 Q 715 620 484 576 Q 462 573 479 555 Q 515 525 555 538 Q 607 554 668 563 L 712 569 Z", "M 641 105 Q 613 112 577 120 Q 564 124 565 116 Q 566 107 577 98 Q 652 46 700 2 Q 713 -7 727 10 Q 767 67 761 149 Q 746 329 754 500 Q 760 528 753 539 Q 744 552 712 569 C 686 584 655 590 668 563 Q 669 556 677 544 Q 689 519 689 476 Q 693 379 696 156 Q 695 119 684 105 Q 672 98 641 105 Z" ] } 6 strokes 灯 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 169, 579 ], [ 170, 496 ], [ 156, 409 ] ], [ [ 439, 672 ], [ 453, 637 ], [ 355, 560 ], [ 345, 558 ], [ 342, 542 ] ], [ [ 259, 787 ], [ 288, 769 ], [ 311, 744 ], [ 310, 530 ], [ 292, 333 ], [ 260, 228 ], [ 224, 166 ], [ 170, 114 ], [ 107, 79 ] ], [ [ 323, 343 ], [ 405, 277 ], [ 430, 234 ] ], [ [ 482, 565 ], [ 531, 559 ], [ 648, 585 ], [ 852, 616 ], [ 934, 600 ] ], [ [ 676, 561 ], [ 707, 542 ], [ 722, 514 ], [ 729, 139 ], [ 722, 95 ], [ 703, 62 ], [ 655, 74 ], [ 572, 114 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 156 577 Q 146 520 127 466 Q 115 433 141 398 Q 154 382 172 400 Q 211 451 197 525 Q 194 559 180 583 Q 173 590 167 590 Q 158 586 156 577 Z", "M 334 536 Q 434 591 483 611 Q 501 614 498 625 Q 494 641 478 662 Q 462 681 440 687 Q 425 688 424 669 Q 425 656 414 641 Q 384 608 332 559 C 310 538 308 522 334 536 Z", "M 319 351 Q 325 435 334 536 L 332 559 Q 333 685 356 742 Q 363 757 352 769 Q 328 788 287 798 Q 260 805 252 797 Q 242 790 251 777 Q 311 681 270 356 Q 243 218 179 151 Q 151 123 112 92 Q 99 83 100 79 Q 101 75 113 76 Q 126 72 160 88 Q 277 136 313 315 Q 313 319 315 323 L 319 351 Z", "M 315 323 Q 319 316 331 306 Q 368 272 406 231 Q 416 218 430 218 Q 440 218 445 229 Q 451 241 445 268 Q 438 308 331 348 Q 325 351 319 351 C 293 354 298 347 315 323 Z", "M 712 569 Q 781 579 887 582 Q 938 582 945 594 Q 951 607 932 620 Q 871 665 818 644 Q 715 620 484 576 Q 462 573 479 555 Q 515 525 555 538 Q 607 554 668 563 L 712 569 Z", "M 641 105 Q 613 112 577 120 Q 564 124 565 116 Q 566 107 577 98 Q 652 46 700 2 Q 713 -7 727 10 Q 767 67 761 149 Q 746 329 754 500 Q 760 528 753 539 Q 744 552 712 569 C 686 584 655 590 668 563 Q 669 556 677 544 Q 689 519 689 476 Q 693 379 696 156 Q 695 119 684 105 Q 672 98 641 105 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.