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Translingual
Han character
燈 (Kangxi radical 86, 火 +12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火弓人廿 (FNOT ), four-corner 92818 , composition ⿰火 登 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 682 , character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19402
Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2238, character 11
Unihan data for U+71C8
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
登
*tɯːŋ
璒
*tɯːŋ
燈
*tɯːŋ
簦
*tɯːŋ
蹬
*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴
*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙
*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝
*tɯːŋs
隥
*tɯːŋs
橙
*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳
*tɯːŋs
墱
*tɯːŋs
鼟
*tʰɯːŋ
膯
*tʰɯːŋ
澄
*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧
*dɯːŋs
僜
*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴
*tʰɯŋs
瞪
*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕
*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜
*tjɯŋʔ
證
*tjɯŋs
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *tɯːŋ ) : semantic 火 ( “ candlelight ” ) + phonetic 登 ( OC *tɯːŋ) .
Etymology
to jinx
From 燈神 / 灯神 . See there for more.
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : dēng , dēn (deng1 , den1 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄉㄥ, ㄉㄣ
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : дын (dɨn, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : dang1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : ang1 , ang1*
Gan (Wiktionary ) : den1
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : tên
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : dên1
Jin (Wiktionary ) : deng1
Northern Min (KCR ) : dáing
Eastern Min (BUC ) : dĭng / dĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : teng
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : dêng1
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : den1
Note :
dĭng - colloquial;
dĕng - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
燈
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
dēng
Middle Chinese
‹ tong ›
Old Chinese
/*k-tˁəŋ/
English
lamp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
燈
Reading #
1/1
No.
2171
Phonetic component
登
Rime group
蒸
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*tɯːŋ/
Notes
鐙 後 起 分 化 字
Definitions
燈
lamp ; light ; lantern ( for illumination ) (Classifier : 盞 / 盏 m c h ; 眼 c ; 支 mn )
電燈 / 电灯 ― diàndēng ― electric light
熄燈 / 熄灯 ― xīdēng ― to turn off a light
lamp ( for heating )
酒精燈 / 酒精灯 ― jiǔjīngdēng ― alcohol burner
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) traffic lights (Classifier : 支 c )
( Hong Kong Cantonese , neologism ) to jinx ; to make incorrect predictions
( Hong Kong Cantonese , neologism ) tending to jinx
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
燈 (“lamp; light”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
燈
Mandarin
Taiwan
燈
Xi'an
燈
Chengdu
亮
Guilin
燈
Malaysia
火 , 燈
Singapore
燈
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
燈
Cantonese
Guangzhou
燈
Hong Kong
燈
Taishan
燈 , 火
Singapore (Guangfu)
燈 , 火
Gan
Nanchang
燈
Hakka
Meixian
燈
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
燈 , 火
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
燈 , 火
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
燈 , 火
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
燈 , 火
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
燈 , 火
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
燈 , 火
Jin
Taiyuan
燈
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
燈
Southern Min
Xiamen
燈
Penang (Hokkien)
燈 , 火
Singapore (Hokkien)
火
Manila (Hokkien)
火 , 燈
Singapore (Teochew)
火 , 燈
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
燈
Wu
Suzhou
燈
Ningbo
燈 , 亮 dated
Wenzhou
燈
Xiang
Changsha
燈 , 亮
Xiangxiang
燈
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
燈
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names , kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 灯 )
Readings
Usage notes
燈 was in the tōyō kanji list from 1946. In 1981, it was replaced by 灯 with the introduction of the 常( じょう ) 用( よう ) 漢( かん ) 字( じ ) ( jōyō kanji ) .
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 燈 (MC tong ). Recorded as Middle Korean 드ᇰ ( tung ) (Yale : tung ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
燈 (eumhun 등 등 ( deung deung ) )
Hanja form? of 등 ( “ lamp , lantern , light ” ) .
Compounds
Compounds
등광 (燈光 , deunggwang , “lamp light ”)
등탑 (燈塔 , deungtap , “tower with lamp ”)
등대 (燈臺 , deungdae , “lighthouse ”)
등유 (燈油 , deung'yu , “lamp oil ”)
등화 (燈火 , deunghwa , “lamp light ”)
등잔 (燈盞 , deungjan , “oil lamp ”)
전등 (電燈 , jeondeung , “electric lamp ”)
신호등 (信號燈 , sinhodeung , “traffic lights ”)
가로등 (街路燈 , garodeung , “streetlamp ”)
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
燈 : Hán Nôm readings: đăng
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