登 (dēng) — to climb, to ascend (a mountain, stairs, etc.); to publish, to record (in a newspaper, register, etc.); to step on, to tread (on something)
Definition
登 covers both 'climb' (a mountain, stairs) and 'publish/register' (a name in a record, an ad in a paper). For climbing, 爬 is more general/casual, while 登 suggests reaching the top; for 'step on', 踩/踏 are the everyday words, 登 is more formal.
verb
to climbto ascend (a mountain, stairs, etc.)to publishto record (in a newspaper, register, etc.)to step onto tread (on something)
Examples
- 登。Tā men jì huà xià ge yuè dēng huáng shān.They plan to climb Mount Huang next month.
- 登。Tā zài bào zhǐ shàng dēng le yí cì guǎng gào.He published an advertisement in the newspaper once.
- ，登。Qǐng xiǎo xīn, bié dēng dào shuǐ kēng lǐ.Please be careful, don't step into the puddle.
Origin
Compound ideograph六书liùshū
会意huìyìTwo or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.
- 癶癶bōleft and right feet
- 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone
登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.
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