Hanzi Explorer
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Hanzi breakdown

Explore how a character is built, identify its meaning and sound components, then practise writing it stroke by stroke.

Enter up to eight Chinese characters. Detailed breakdowns cover all 625 characters used in HSK 1–3 here.

灯1 / 1
Character breakdowndēng / left–right / Meaning + sound
灯
dēng

Definition: light; lamp

Strokes

Components

Meaning / left火huǒfireSound / right丁component
灯dēng
Structureleft–right
Radical火fire
TypeMeaning + sound

How it works

灯 is a meaning-sound compound. 火 gives the meaning clue (fire), while 丁 gives a clue to its pronunciation.

Sound family