dēng
ascend; mount; scale; step on; pedal; publish
我登上了珠穆朗玛峰。
wǒ dēngshàngle zhūmùlǎngmǎ fēng.
I climbed Mount Everest.
他登上了飞机。
tā dēngshàngle fēijī.
He boarded the plane.
她登上了讲台。
tā dēngshàngle jiǎngtái.
She stepped onto the podium.
上 (shàng)
ascend, climb, mount
升 (shēng)
rise, ascend, promote
下 (xià)
descend
落 (luò)
fall
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The Chinese character 登 (dēng) is composed of two parts: the radical 癶 (bō), which means "foot," and the phonetic component 登 (dēng), which means "to climb." The character 登 originally meant "to climb up," but it has since taken on a number of other meanings, including "to ascend," "to mount," "to embark," and "to register."The radical 癶 is a pictograph of a foot. It is one of the most common radicals in Chinese, and it is used in a number of other characters related to movement, such as 走 (zǒu, "to walk"), 跑 (pǎo, "to run"), and 跳 (tiào, "to jump").The phonetic component 登 is a rebus. It is composed of the character 土 (tǔ, "earth") and the character 丁 (dīng, "man"). The character 土 represents the ground, and the character 丁 represents a person standing on the ground. Together, the two characters 登 mean "to climb up."The character 登 has been used in Chinese for over 3,000 years. It is one of the most common characters in the Chinese language, and it is used in a wide variety of contexts.
