Deng in Chinese / Japanese...
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Lamp / Lantern
This Chinese character, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja means lamp, light, or lantern.
This can also be the Japanese female given name Hikaru.
In Buddhist context, this is used to express the Sanskrit word, dīpa (same meaning of a lamp or lantern).
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| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Lamp Lantern | 燈 灯 | tou / to | dēng / deng1 / deng | teng |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
燈 灯 see styles |
dēng deng1 teng tō ひかる |
 More info & calligraphy: (out-dated kanji) (1) light; lamp; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for electric lights; (female given name) Hikaru dīpa, a lamp, lantern; cf. 然燈 12. |
鄧 邓 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng |
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上等 see styles |
shàng děng shang4 deng3 shang teng joutou / joto じょうとう |
 More info & calligraphy: (adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) superior; first-class; excellent; top quality; (interjection) (2) (that's) just fine!; bring it on!; (surname) Uera |
平等 see styles |
píng děng ping2 deng3 p`ing teng ping teng byoudou / byodo びょうどう |
 More info & calligraphy: (adj-na,adj-no,n) equality; impartiality; evenness; (place-name) Byoudou sama; samatā. Level, even, everywhere the same, universal, without partiality; it especially refers to the Buddha in his universal; impartial, and equal attitude towards all beings; equality |
心燈 心灯 see styles |
xīn dēng xin1 deng1 hsin teng shintō |
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拜登 see styles |
bài dēng bai4 deng1 pai teng |
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相等 see styles |
xiāng děng xiang1 deng3 hsiang teng soutou / soto そうとう |
 More info & calligraphy: equality; being equal |
僜 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng |
Deng ethnic minority of Tibet |
凳 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng |
bench; stool |
噔 see styles |
dēng deng1 teng |
(onom.) thud; thump |
嶝 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng sako さこ |
path leading up a mountain (surname) Sako |
戥 see styles |
děng deng3 teng |
small steelyard for weighing money |
櫈 凳 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng tō |
variant of 凳[deng4] A stool, bench, footstool, etc; a stool |
澄 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng chō ますみ |
(of liquid) to settle; to become clear (female given name) Masumi Clear, limpid; clear |
登 see styles |
dēng deng1 teng tō みのる |
to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) (given name) Minoru Ascend, advance, start; attain, ripen; to note, fix; to climb |
瞪 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng |
to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at |
磴 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng ishibashi いしばし |
cliff-ledge; stone step (surname) Ishibashi |
等 see styles |
děng deng3 teng ra ら |
class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once (suffix) (1) (kana only) pluralizing suffix; (suffix) (2) (kana only) (See あちら,いくら・1) or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; (suffix) (3) (kana only) (after the stem of an adjective) (See 清ら) nominalizing suffix; (s,m,f) Hitoshi To pair; parallel, equal, of like order; a class, grade, rank; common; to wait; sign of plural. In Buddhist writings it is also used for 'equal everywhere', 'equally everywhere', 'universal'; and so forth |
簦 see styles |
dēng deng1 teng |
large umbrella for stalls; an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat |
豋 see styles |
dēng deng1 teng |
ceremonial vessel |
蹬 see styles |
dēng deng1 teng |
to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [deng4] |
鐙 镫 see styles |
dèng deng4 teng abumi あぶみ |
stirrup stirrup; (surname, given name) Noboru |
一燈 一灯 see styles |
yī dēng yi1 deng1 i teng ittō |
a single lamp |
一等 see styles |
yī děng yi1 deng3 i teng ittō いっとう |
first class; grade A (noun - becomes adjective with の) first-class; first-rank; A1; the most; the best Equal, all equal; of the first stage; a grade, rank, step. |
三等 see styles |
sān děng san1 deng3 san teng santō さんとう |
third class The three equal and universal characteristics of the one Tathāgata, an esoteric definition: (1) (a) his 身 body, (b) 語 discourse, (c) 意 mind. (2) (a) his life or works 修行; (b) spiritual body 法身; (c) salvation 度生; in their equal values and universality; three equal characteristics |
不等 see styles |
bù děng bu4 deng3 pu teng futou / futo ふとう |
unequal; varied (n,adj-na,adj-no) inequality; disparity unequal |
世燈 世灯 see styles |
shì dēng shi4 deng1 shih teng setō |
lamp to the world |
丙等 see styles |
bǐng děng bing3 deng3 ping teng |
third rank; third category; third grade; grade C |
中等 see styles |
zhōng děng zhong1 deng3 chung teng chuutou / chuto ちゅうとう |
medium (noun - becomes adjective with の) second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade |
久等 see styles |
jiǔ děng jiu3 deng3 chiu teng |
to wait for a long time |
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