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Kanji Detail for 登 - "to climb, to register"

登

  • Meaning

    登 means "to climb, to register."

    1. Climb - To go up; to ascend.

    2. Register - To record; to enroll.

    3. Mature - To ripen; to come to fruition.

  • Words using 登

    • 登録 とうろく Listen registration; accession; register
    • 登場 とうじょう Listen entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene)
    • 登山 とざん Listen mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain
    • 登校 とうこう Listen attendance (at school); going to school
    • 登板 とうばん Listen taking the mound; pitching a game
    • 登記 とうき Listen registry; registration
    • 登頂 とうちょう Listen climbing to the summit; summiting
    • 登竜門 とうりゅうもん Listen gateway to success

  • Four-character idioms with 登

    • 羽化登仙 うかとうせん Listen a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air)

  • Tattoo check: 登

    • Verified meaning: to climb, to register
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とさき, のぼり, のぼる, みのる)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 登

    Given names 登(みのる)Listen

    Surnames 登(とさき)Listen 登(のぼり)Listen 登(のぼる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ascend; climb up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rise, mount, board, climb

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    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)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to rise, to mount, to board, to climb

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To ascend. Such as 登樓 (climb a tower), 登堂 (enter a hall). | To record in registers is called 登. Such as 登載 (publish), 登錄 (register). | To mature. (Mencius) "When the five grains do not ripen." | Has the meaning of "immediately." Such as 卽時 (immediately) is also called 登時. | To receive something from others is called 登. Showing respect.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    doh(ドウ) ドウ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

    to(ト) ト

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.garu(あ-がる) あ-がる

    nobo.ru(のぼ-る) のぼ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    癶 (hatsugashira)

  • Related Keywords

    to climb to register mature accomplish ascend immediately ripen enroll elevation enter hike hill inscribe mount peak progress record rise scale soar summit

Sentences including 登

  • I climbed the mountain last summer.

  • Sick as he was , he went to school.

  • She is a doctor and also an alpinist.

  • This house is registered in my name.

  • The company is incorporated in japan.

  • He drove slowly up the hill.

  • He comes to school earlier than any other student in the class.

  • Illness prevented me from coming to school.

  • I always walk to school.

  • Just then the two in question arrived at school.

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