Word Meaning 行灯

あんどう andou

行灯 is read as あんどう (andou) and means taxi roof light.

Meaning

English

taxi roof light
paper-enclosed standing lantern
paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp

Reading

Kana

あんどう

Romaji

andou

Writing Variants

行灯あんどん andon
行燈あんどう andou
行燈あんどん andon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 116151 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

行灯水母

あんどんくらげ

jimble (Carybdea rastoni)

八方行灯

はっぽうあんどん

large hanging paper lantern

有明行灯

ありあけあんどん

portable paper lantern for walking at night

丸行灯

まるあんどん

cylindrical paper lantern

遠州行灯

えんしゅうあんどん

Enshū lantern

角行灯

かくあんどん

square paper lantern

昼行灯

ひるあんどん

dunce

掛行灯

かけあんどん

paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store

行灯袴

あんどんばかま

hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period)

釣行灯

つりあんどん

hanging paper lantern

絹行灯

きぬあんどん

lantern with a silk cloth-covered frame

提灯行列

ちょうちんぎょうれつ

lantern procession