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6 strokes16 strokes
Character #655 · The First 1000

dēng

lamp

lamp; light; lantern

Strokes
616
TraditionalSimplified
燈 灯
Poster cell
K24
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • dēngguāng (stage) lighting
  • diàndēng electric light
  • táidēng desk lamp
  • dēnglóng lantern
  • lùdēng street lamp
  • hóngdēng red light
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 灯燈

Write 灯燈 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, dēng, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell K24 · 28 × 36 grid

灯燈 is #655 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 灯 mean in English?
灯 (dēng) means "lamp": lamp; light; lantern.
How do you pronounce 灯?
灯 is pronounced dēng in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄉㄥ.
How many strokes does 灯 have?
The simplified form, 灯, has 6 strokes. The traditional form, 燈, has 16.
What is the traditional form of 灯?
The traditional form of 灯 is 燈. 灯 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 燈 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 灯?
Common words that use 灯 include 灯光 (dēngguāng, (stage) lighting), 电灯 (diàndēng, electric light), 台灯 (táidēng, desk lamp), 灯笼 (dēnglóng, lantern).
How common is 灯?
灯 is number 655 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell K24 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.