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灯 (dēng): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 3

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 灯

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How to write 灯 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 灯

灯 stroke order diagram

3.

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灯=火fire+丁nail

A fire (火) illuminates like a nail (丁) — a lamp or lantern that pierces the darkness.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 灯

HSK words that contain this character.

灯笼

dēng lóng

lantern

台灯

tái dēng

desk lamp

张灯结彩

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 灯 is used in context

wǒ我

zài在

shū书

zhuō桌

shàng上

fàng放

le了

Information

Pinyindēng

Meaninglamp

Strokes6

Radical火

Traditional燈

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#538

Zhuyinㄉㄥ

UnicodeU+706F

CangjieFMR

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zhāng dēng jié cǎi

decorate with lanterns and colored banners / put up festive decorations

HSK 3.0 L7-9

灯光

dēng guāng

(stage) lighting

灯泡

dēng pào

light bulb

红绿灯

hóng-lǜ dēng

traffic light; traffic signal

yì一

zhǎn盏

tái台

dēng灯

。

I placed a desk lamp on the desk.

fáng房

jiān间

de的

dēng灯

guāng光

hěn很

róu柔

hé和

。

The room's lighting is very soft.

fáng房

jiān间

lǐ里

de的

dēng灯

hěn很

liàng亮

。

The lamp in the room is very bright.

lù路

dēng灯

zhào照

liàng亮

le了

yè夜

wǎn晚

de的

jiē街

dào道

。

Street lights illuminate the night street

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