磴

Translingual

Han character

磴 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓人廿 (MRNOT), four-corner 1261₈, composition ⿰石登)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24478
• Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2457, character 12
• Unihan data for U+78F4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		磴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (登) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
登	*tɯːŋ
璒	*tɯːŋ
燈	*tɯːŋ
簦	*tɯːŋ
蹬	*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝	*tɯːŋs
隥	*tɯːŋs
橙	*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳	*tɯːŋs
墱	*tɯːŋs
鼟	*tʰɯːŋ
膯	*tʰɯːŋ
澄	*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧	*dɯːŋs
僜	*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴	*tʰɯŋs
瞪	*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕	*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜	*tjɯŋʔ
證	*tjɯŋs

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dèng (deng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dèng
    • Wade–Giles: têng⁴
    • Yale: dèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: denq
    • Palladius: дэн (dɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dang³
    • Yale: dang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng
    • Tâi-lô: tìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tongH

Rime
Character	磴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都鄧切
Baxter	tongH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/təŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/təŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təŋH/
Li Rong	/təŋH/
Wang Li	/təŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/təŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dang3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磴
Reading #	2/3
No.	2181
Phonetic component	登
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嶝
Old Chinese	/*tɯːŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 磴

1. (literary) stone steps on ledge, cliff, or hill
2. (literary) stone bridge with steps
3. stone bench; stone stool
4. Classifier for steps or rungs.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēng (deng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: deng
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹
    • Yale: dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deng
    • Palladius: дэн (dɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磴
Reading #	1/3
No.	2174
Phonetic component	登
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tɯːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 磴

1. ^† to kick

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tēng (teng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: teng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng¹
    • Yale: tēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teng
    • Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磴
Reading #	3/3
No.	2185
Phonetic component	登
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鼟
Old Chinese	/*tʰɯːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 磴

1. ^† to increase; to grow

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Japanese

Kanji

磴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: いしざか (ishizaka), いしばし (ishibashi), ます (masu)

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Korean

Hanja

磴 • (deung) (hangeul 등, revised deung, McCune–Reischauer tŭng, Yale tung)

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