| 485 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 2800 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1378 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 998 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 19402 | Morohashi |
| 1083 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3476 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2972 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2978 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
2456 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 灯 【トウ】 light, lamp, counter for electric lights
- 灯台 【トウダイ】 lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
- 消灯 【ショウトウ】 putting out the lights, turning off the lights
- 奉灯 【ホウトウ】 votive lantern
Kun reading compounds
- 灯涼し 【ひすずし】 coolness of distant twinkling lights (on a summer night)
- 灯点し頃 【ひともしごろ】 early evening, dusk, lamp-lighting time, lighting-up time
- 灯火 【ともしび】 light, lamp, torch
- 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
Readings
- Korean:
- deung
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4d2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 9281.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 71c8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 牢 【ロウ】 prison, jail, gaol, firm, solid, strong
- 籠球 【ロウキュウ】 basketball
- 蒸籠 【セイロ】 bamboo steamer, steaming basket, wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot, soba served on a small wickerwork tray, wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
- 灯籠 【トウロウ】 garden lantern, hanging lantern
Kun reading compounds
- 籠 【かご】 basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage
- 籠で水を汲む 【かごでみずをくむ】 to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon, to scoop water with a basket
- 相合駕籠 【あいあいかご】 two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman)
- ほい駕籠 【ほいかご】 crude palanquin, street palanquin
- 込める 【こめる】 to load (a gun, etc.), to charge, to put into (e.g. emotion, effort), to include (e.g. tax in a sales price), to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen
- 籠もる 【こもる】 to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away, to stay inside (one's shell), to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.), to imbue with, to infuse with, to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.), to be heavy with (e.g. smoke), to be stuffy, to be dense, to be muffled (e.g. voice), to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.), to confine oneself in a temple to pray
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ごめ、 もり
- Korean:
- rong
Spanish
- cesto
- canasta
- palanquín
- confinarse
- recluirse
- confinar
- recluir
- engatusar
- seducir
Portuguese
French
| 3458 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2977 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1888 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3398 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2383 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 26752 | Morohashi |
| 2734 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4376 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 6f16.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-16 | SKIP code |
| 8821.1 | Four corner code |
| 8871.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-68-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7c60 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鬢 【ビン】 sidelocks, hair at the temples
- 鬢切り 【ビンキリ】 binkiri, Edo-period hairstyle with a lock of hair running down from the temples and hanging over the ears
- 双鬢 【ソウビン】 side locks
- 両鬢 【リョウビン】 sideburns, hair at the sides of the head
Readings
- Korean:
- bin
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 5266 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 45607 | Morohashi |
| 6819 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 7b17.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-10-14 | SKIP code |
| 7280.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-82-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9b22 | Unicode hex code |