登 – ascend, climb up

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The kanji 登 means ascend, climb up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ、ト、ドウ、ショウ、チョウ (tou, to, dou, shou, chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is のぼ.る、あ.がる (noboru, agaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 癶 (no. 105).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
On’yomi	ト	to
On’yomi	ドウ	dou
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	のぼ.る	noboru
Kun’yomi	あ.がる	agaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 癶 (Kangxi radical 105). Components: 口・豆・并・癶.

Words using 登

登るのぼるto ascend登山とざんmountain climbing登場とうじょうentrance (on the stage)登録とうろくregistration登校とうこうattendance (at school)

Example sentences

その靴は登山には向かないよ。

Those shoes won't do for climbing.

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その女優は舞台に３度登場した。

That actress made three entrances onto the stage.

Tatoeba #209313

「西遊記」の中には錬金術の話が数多く登場します。

Many tales of alchemy show up in "Journey to the West".

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Kanji with the same radical

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