How to write 燈

燈 dēng [名] 【本义】: 置燭用以照明的器具。「鐙」在古代還作「盛熟食的器具」解。隸變以後，作照明器具用的寫作「燈」，而「鐙」多作馬鞍兩旁的鐵腳踏講。 (Original meaning: A device for placing candles to provide light. In ancient times, "鐙" also referred to a vessel for holding cooked food. After changes in script, the term for lighting devices became written as "燈", while "鐙" generally referred to the iron stirrups on either side of a saddle.) 【造字法】: 形聲。从火，登聲。本寫作「 鐙」。 (How the character is formed: It is a phonetic character composed of "fire" (火) and the sound element "登". Originally written as "鐙".) 【释义】: 1. 照明的器具。也指某些其他用途的發光、發熱裝置。 [En.] A lighting device. Also refers to other types of lighting or heating devices. 例如: 電燈; 酒精燈; 日光燈; 信號燈; 探照燈; 燈法(使用燈燭所作的幻術) (For example: electric lamp; alcohol lamp; fluorescent lamp; signal light; searchlight; lamp tricks (illusion using lamps).) 2. 彩燈。特指元宵節掛的彩燈。 [En.] Festoon lighting. Specifically refers to the colorful lanterns hung during the Lantern Festival. 例如: 燈市(買賣花燈的市集); 燈品(花燈的品類); 燈期(元宵節前後賞燈的時節); 燈樓(用以張掛花燈的綵樓) (For example: lantern market (market for buying and selling lanterns); types of lanterns; lantern viewing season (around the Lantern Festival); a building for hanging lanterns.) 3. 電子管的俗名。 [En.] Colloquial name for electronic tubes, such as those in radios and televisions. 【引】 1. 清·查慎行《舟夜書所見》: 月夜見漁燈，孤光一點螢。 [En.] From the Qing dynasty, by Cha Shenxing: "On a moonlit night, I saw a fishing lamp, a solitary point of light like fireflies."