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Kotomora

登

ascend, climb up

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

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

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  • 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

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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.