# 灯 streetlight

丁 (nail) + (fireleft)
★☆☆☆☆
6 strokes

## Onyomi

TOU | as in, 'The old man walked home drunk and stubbed his TOE on a streetlight. '

## Mnemonic

| The streetlight stood straight like a big nail with a little electric fire on top of it.

## Jukugo

街灯(がいとう) | streetlight ★☆☆☆☆ 街 (shopping district) + 灯 (streetlight) = 街灯 (streetlight)
電灯(でんとう) | lamp -(BOOBOO: in practice, everyone just says でんき) ☆☆☆☆☆ NP 電 (electricity) + 灯 (streetlight) = 電灯 (lamp -(BOOBOO: in practice, everyone just says でんき) )
懐中電灯(かいちゅうでんとう) | flashlight ☆☆☆☆☆ 懐 (nostalgia) + 中 (middle) + 電灯 (lamp -(BOOBOO: in practice, everyone just says でんき) ) = 懐中電灯 (flashlight)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
灯 | streetlight | NAIL | 丁
炊 | cook rice | LACK | 欠

A streetlight is on top of a pole or a NAIL,

but you LACK water to boil some delicious kale.