Meaning
lamp; light
Chinese: 灯、灯光、光。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “deng” becomes a different word in each tone. 灯 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 灯光dēng guāng(stage) lighting; light
- 电灯diàn dēngelectric light
- 台灯tái dēngdesk lamp; table lamp
- 灯笼dēng lónglantern
- 红灯hóng dēngred light
Example Sentence
天黑了，请把灯打开。Tiān hēi le, qǐng bǎ dēng dǎ kāi.It got dark; please turn on the light.
天黑Tiān hēito get dark了le(completed action)，请qǐngto ask把bǎ(marks the object)灯dēnglamp打开dǎ kāito open。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The fire radical 火 (meaning) plus 丁 (dīng, sound): a small fire for light — a ‘lamp / light’. Simplified from 燈.
A way to remember it
Fire (火) + the sound 丁 — a lamp.
Easy to confuse with
- 打‘To hit’: shares the 丁 sound, but with the hand radical 扌.