Characters › 灯
6 strokes · radical 火 · HSK 3 · traditional 燈
16 strokes · HSK 3 · simplified 灯
A way to remember it
Fire, 火, with 丁 for the sound. A lamp is fire held in place, and the traditional 燈 says the same thing with more strokes.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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lamp; lantern
dēng — lamp; lantern
Radical 火 · 6 strokes · HSK 3 · traditional 燈
16 strokes · HSK 3 · simplified 灯
A way to remember itFire, 火, with 丁 for the sound. A lamp is fire held in place, and the traditional 燈 says the same thing with more strokes.