登
ascend, climb up
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
- ト
- ドウ
- ショウ
- チョウ
Kun'yomi
- のぼ.る
- あ.がる
Nanori
- たか
- のぼし
- のぼり
- のり
Meaning
登 centers on upward movement: ascending, climbing up, or rising to a higher place.
Most common words using 登
20 of 158- 登場とうじょうN3
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.)
- 登録とうろくN2
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
- 登山とざんN3
mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain
- 登校とうこうN1
attendance (at school); going to school
- 登記とうきN1
registry; registration
- 登板とうばん
taking the mound; pitching a game
- 能登のと
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
- 登壇とうだん
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
- 登用とうよう
appointment; assignment; promotion
- 山登りやまのぼりN4
mountain climbing; mountaineering
- 登頂とうちょう
climbing to the summit; summiting
- 登坂とうはん
climbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill
- 登竜門とうりゅうもん
gateway to success
- 登攀とうはん
scaling; climbing; ascending
- 登城とじょう
attendance at a castle
- よじ登るよじのぼる
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
- 能登半島のとはんとう
Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
- 登庁とうちょう
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
- 登載とうさい
running (an article); carrying; printing; publication
- 登院とういん
attendance at the House; attending a session of the Diet
Study
Etymology
登 combines 癶 (two feet stepping forward) with 豆 (a ritual vessel), originally depicting stepping up to offer something, which extended to ascending or climbing.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 癶 looks like two feet stepping up, and the bottom 豆 is a vessel. Imagine stepping up onto a platform to place an offering, climbing higher.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, picture climbing a tall tower: tower -> トウ, and you ascend to the top.