IDENTITY
灯dēnglamp; light
HSK 2Top 500
CORE MEANING
lamp; light
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.lampHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 火fire radical (huǒ)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰火丁
- fire
- gives the sound dēng
USAGE
Common words
电灯diàndēngelectric light
路灯lùdēngstreet lamp
红灯hóngdēngred light
Graded examples
路灯亮了。Lùdēng liàng le.HSK4
The street lamps are lit.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Fire (火) held up on a stand (丁) — the lamp. (From 燈.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #500
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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