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lamp

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

deng1 • dēng

Meaning


Primary

lamp

Alternatives

light

Mnemonic Updated October 8, 2026


[d-] Dracula is in [1] front of the [-(e)ng] English manor where he lights a 火 fire inside a glass lantern and hangs it from the top rung of a 登 step ladder. It glows like a 燈 lamp over the immaculate lawn, and Dracula hisses and shrinks back from the glow.

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