Read Edit View history 燈 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 登 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas dēng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 灯 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 燈 Simp strokes 燈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 燈 Simp strokes 燈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 燈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 139, 539 ], [ 147, 466 ], [ 139, 377 ] ], [ [ 336, 615 ], [ 350, 590 ], [ 317, 547 ], [ 289, 525 ], [ 277, 501 ] ], [ [ 207, 763 ], [ 255, 723 ], [ 254, 534 ], [ 231, 286 ], [ 202, 187 ], [ 175, 135 ], [ 122, 76 ], [ 51, 30 ] ], [ [ 259, 287 ], [ 322, 240 ], [ 348, 201 ] ], [ [ 430, 709 ], [ 469, 716 ], [ 527, 740 ], [ 547, 740 ], [ 563, 724 ], [ 535, 634 ], [ 493, 550 ], [ 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