灯 dēng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- Made of
- 火 fire, flame 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
灯光
dēngguāng
lighting
Characters in this word
光 guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- ⺌ small 兀 weak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 灯光很亮。 Dēngguāng hěn liàng. The lighting is really bright.
- 灯光太暗。 Dēngguāng tài àn. The lighting is too dim.
- 我喜欢灯光。 Wǒ xǐhuan dēngguāng. I like this lighting.