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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- deng1
- English meanings
- blowlamp, lantern, light source, light, lamp, tube, valve, burner
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 火; right 丁.
Meaning & sound clues
火 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “fire”.
丁 is identified as the sound component (dīng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 灯.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
Explore character components →Homophones
Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
stool
lamp; light
to scale (a height)
glom
etc
to step on
Example sentences
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Related words
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