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Kanji for Lamp
The kanji for “lamp” is 灯, read tou and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
lamp
A light in the dark.
6 strokes On reading トウ (tou) Kun reading ひ、ほ、ともしび (hi, ho, tomoshibi) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tou, tomo, hi
In Japan it appears in about 173 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 灯: Gilberto 義瑠恵灯 · Delphine 智瑠灯新 · Garfield 画灯瑠道 · Cristobal 久里寿灯羽瑠 · Hildegard 灯瑠千芽道 · Hildegarde 灯瑠千芽道 · Peter 灯楽 · Hee 灯 · Hue 灯 · Huey 灯生 · Hugh 灯 · Otto 緒灯 and 30 more
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