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灯 means 'lamp'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 1153   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-15    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 49    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 25 words   Used in 161 words   Used in 223 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   トウ
Kun
   ひ lamp
Additional readings
Kun    あかり light, illumination   ともしび   ほ-   ともす
Variants
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Components
⿰  火 fire  丁 block  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 灯 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 灯 is used 118 times, read 6 ways (with 1 variation).
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トウ : 99 words FIND ALL
で ん と う 0
noun
electric light
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トウ (read as どう) : 8 words FIND ALL
ま ん ど う 1
noun
Buddhist lantern festival
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ひ : 5 words FIND ALL
ひ 0 ひ 3
Most common form: 灯火
noun
light; lamp; torch
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あかり : 1 word FIND ALL
あ か り 0
noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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ともしび : 1 word FIND ALL
ふ う ぜ ん の と も し び 0 ふ う ぜ ん の と も し び 8
noun
precarious situation; precarious state
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ともす : 3 words FIND ALL
と も す 2 と も す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to light; to turn on
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ほ- (read as ほ) : 1 word FIND ALL
ほ か げ 0 ほ か げ 2
Most common form: 火影
noun
firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight
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An additional 43 less common words include 灯 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 583 (originally: 556)  Joy o' Kanji : 556  Key to Kanji: 801 

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灯
トウ   ひ lamp   
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丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
火
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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丷
eight
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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