Chinese

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dēng
lamp; light; lantern (for illumination) (Classifier: 盞／盏 m c h w; 眼 c; 支 mn mn-t)
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 3
  • radical 火
  • 16 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tɯːŋ): semantic 火 (“candlelight”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ).

Baxter & Sagart (2014) reconstructs OC prefixal *k- based on Vietic evidences: cf. Chut [Sách, Rục] kəten.

; to jinx

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”
  • soundChinese登 “to go up; to climb; to mount; to rise”
    • ideaChinese癶 “to be reverse”
    • ideaChinese豆 “pod-bearing plant or its seeds; bean; pea (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 m)”

Words built on it: 灯

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