dēng
rise
Depicts two feet (癶) rising onto a stone platform (豆) to board into a vehicle.
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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)
季旭昇《說文新證》p.112-113