登
to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #681 U+767B
How 登 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
癶 (semantic, “legs”) + 豆 (phonetic, dòu)
How to remember it
ascend · Heisig RSH #1301
table + teepee
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 豆
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 豆 (dòu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豆 sound component | dòu | beans, peas; bean-shaped |
| 短 | duǎn | brief, short; deficient, lacking |
| 逗 | dòu | to entice, to tempt; to arouse, to stir |
| 厨 | chú | kitchen; closet, cupboard |
| 痘 | dòu | smallpox |
Words containing 登
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 登山家 | dēng shān jiā | mountaineer |
| 文登区 | Wén dēng Qū | Wendeng, a district of Weihai City 威海市[Wei1 hai3 Shi4], Shandong |
| 登机入口 | dēng jī rù kǒu | boarding gate |
| 温布尔登网球公开赛 | Wēn bù ěr dēng Wǎng qiú Gōng kāi sài | Wimbledon Championships (tennis) |
| 登山车 | dēng shān chē | mountain bike (Tw) |
| 登机口 | dēng jī kǒu | departure gate (aviation) |
| 登机门 | dēng jī mén | boarding gate |
| 一步登天 | yī bù dēng tiān | reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant succ… |
| 单一登入 | dān yī dēng rù | (Tw) single sign-on (SSO) |
| 普罗维登斯 | Pǔ luó wéi dēng sī | Providence, capital of Rhode Island |
| 本拉登 | Běn Lā dēng | (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda |
| 登出来 | dēng chū lái | to publish; to appear (in print) |
| 不登大雅之堂 | bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng | lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork); not presentable; coarse; unrefined |
| 本·拉登 | Běn · Lā dēng | Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda |
| 温布尔登 | Wēn bù ěr dēng | Wimbledon (district of southwest London); Wimbledon Championships (tennis) |
| 难于登天 | nán yú dēng tiān | harder than climbing to heaven (idiom) |
| 哈尔登 | Hā ěr dēng | Halden (city in Norway) |
| 德勒斯登 | Dé lè sī dēng | (Tw) Dresden, capital of Saxony, Germany |
| 登山 | dēng shān | to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering |
| 小登 | xiǎo dēng | (slang) youngster; kid (humorous or self-deprecating neologism derived from 老登[lao3 deng1]… |