How do you say this when it's just by itself? '灯'
Is 灯 normally pronounced ひ or ともし or something else?

as in: 灯がともっていた

Thanks!

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How do you say this when it's just by itself? '灯'
Is 灯 normally pronounced ひ or ともし or something else?

as in:  灯がともっていた

Thanks!

Answer

When the word "灯" is used by itself, it has several pronouciations ひ、ともしび and あかり. Those are all 音読み.I think you can pronouce "灯がともる" in both ways "あかりがともる" and "ひがともる".

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This is a good question, 灯がともっていたhi ga tomotteita, but now its sounds redundant.

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