■ radical

dēng

to rise

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 舛 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound. Depicts climbing up with two feet (舛).

舛

meaning

(two feet); mistaken; contradictory

豆

sound

bean; (bowl) — The pronunciation of 登 was similar to 豆 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Appears in

Characters that use 登 as a component, most common first.

瞪dèngto stare at 凳dèngbench 澄chéngclear 蹬dēngto step on 橙chéngorange 證zhèngto prove 鄧dèngsurname 燈dēnglamp

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