EntryCommonWaniKani 48
  1. Noun

    street light; streetlamp

    このことは家が沈み始め、道路が裂けて街灯が途方もない角度に傾きつつあることを意味する。
    This means that houses are starting to sink, roads are breaking up and lamp-posts are leaning at crazy angles.

Also written 街燈【がいとう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

boulevard, street, town

Kun
まち
On
ガイカイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
891 of 2500
Radical
go
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

また

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3i9.2The Kanji Dictionary
2110.4, 2122.1Four corner code
2053deroo
8857Unicode hex code
1-19-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1626Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1759New Nelson (John Haig)
576New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
702Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
421Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
528Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
890Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
955Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
790A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1570Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1181Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34051Morohashi
819A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
186Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
186Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1721Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
461henshall3
580Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1615Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
899Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie1Pinyin reading
gaKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lamp, a light, light, counter for lights

Kun
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

Built from

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