dēng

rise

Depicts two feet () rising onto a stone platform () to board into a vehicle.

Components
癶 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

legs

Depicts two feet.

豆 iconic component

  Iconic component

dòu

  

bean

Depicts a stone platform.

Evolution

登 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
登 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
登 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
登 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
登 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dēng

rise, mount, board, climb; 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)

Most common words with 登
Freq.
Word
Meaning

登记

to register (one's name)

to ascend

登陆

to land

登场

to go on stage

登录

to register

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 13 characters (2 verified)