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Pronunciation: dēng
Meaning: lamp/light/lantern
Etymology:
Fire 火 rising 登 (also phonetic).  Simplified form uses phonetic 丁.  (associative/phono-semantic compound).

Traditional character: 燈

Found in:
Zhao ShiXiu's 约客

Word of the day on: 11.24.08