27 strokes in total
- Hiragana:
- ぼたんとう
- Alphabet:
- botantou
- How to write 牡丹燈
- 牡: male of animals; bolt of door
- 丹: cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
- 燈: lantern, lamp
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