懂中文 Dong Chinese

鄧

dèng

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

登 sound component

登  Sound component

dēng

  

rise

Evolution

鄧 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
鄧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鄧 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
鄧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

邓 (鄧) 

dèng

surname

邓 (鄧) 

Dèng

surname Deng

Most common words with 鄧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

邓小平

Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"

邓

surname Deng

邓迪

Dundee, Scotland

邓丽君

Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol

邓亚萍

Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner