燈 — deung

Parts that make up 燈

How 燈 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 燈 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 火, 登.

Korean example words with 燈

• 등광燈光 Korean gloss: 등불의 빛
• 홍등紅燈 Korean gloss: 붉은 등불
• 벽등壁燈 Korean gloss: 벽에 다는 등
• 선등船燈 Korean gloss: 배에 다는 등불
• 암등暗燈 Korean gloss: 어둠침침한 등불
• 야등夜燈 Korean gloss: 밤에 켜는 등불
• 옥등玉燈 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 등
• 헌등軒燈 Korean gloss: 처마에 다는 등
• 노등路燈 Korean gloss: 길거리에 설치한 등
• 등용燈用 Korean gloss: 등(燈)에 쓰는 것
• 방등房燈 Korean gloss: 방 천장에 다는 등
• 역등驛燈 Korean gloss: 역구내를 밝히는 등

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 燈

• 竿燈かんとう Kanto Festival (Akita); street light
• 御神燈ごしんとう light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
• 燃燈仏ねんとうぶつ Dīpankara Buddha; Dipankara (the lamp bearer)
• 燈籠鬢とうろうびん Edo-period hair style with inflated hair at the sides; lantern sideburns
• 九蓮宝燈チューレンポートー nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit
• 景徳傳燈録けいとくでんとうろく Transmission of the Lamp (collection of biographies of famous Zen masters); Record of the Transmission of the Lamp
• 秋田竿燈まつりあきたかんとうまつり Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)

Characters sharing the phonetic 登

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “등” in Korean.

Other hanja read “등”

Other hanja with radical 火