EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

    身命をかけて職務を実践し、すべての警察官の心に火をともしてくれました。
    He risked his life to carry out his duty and inspired police officers everywhere.

Also written 点す【ともす】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lamp, a light, light, counter for lights

Kun
ひ、ほ-、ともしび、とも.す、あかり
On
トウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1605 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 48

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-2, 1-1-5SKIP code
4d2.1The Kanji Dictionary
9182.0Four corner code
1153deroo
706fUnicode hex code
1-37-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2745Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3395New Nelson (John Haig)
825New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1019Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
552Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
730Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
165Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
177Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1290A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
537Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18855Morohashi
556A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1333Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1416Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
711Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
583henshall3
471Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
871Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1262Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
167Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
deng1Pinyin reading
deungKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level