磴

磴 · dèng

steps on ledge, cliff, or hill

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
dèng
Cantonese
dang3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

steps on ledge, cliff, or hill

Dictionary definitions & readings

磴 dèng · cliff-ledge; stone step

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42457.120:dèng,dēng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0228.020:dèng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
070.120:dèng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
dèng粵dang3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
トウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
등:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
都鄧 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MRNOT Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1261.8 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0836.260 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
433.41 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+78F4
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6218

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
磴
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tongH · 都鄧 · 曾開一去登端 · #3019

PHONO-ML, source line 15734; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
973.609
kDaeJaweon
1253.240
kFennIndex
508.05
kHanYu
42457.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1253.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42457.120
kIRGKangXi
0836.260
kKangXi
0836.260
kMatthews
6171
kMorohashi
24478
kSBGY
433.41
kSMSZD2003Index
476.13
kCangjie
MRNOT
kFenn
733H
kFourCornerCode
1261.8
kHKGlyph
2847
kMojiJoho
MJ018668
kPhonetic
1315
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJH
kIRG_GSource
G0-6D63
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C145
kIRG_JSource
J0-6324
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-60C2
kIRG_KSource
K1-5D6E
kIRG_TSource
T1-744F
kRSUnicode
112.12
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C145
kCCCII
214E55
kCNS1986
1-744F
kCNS1992
1-744F
kEACC
214E55
kGB0
7767
kGB1
7767
kJis0
6704
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4347
kTGH
2013:6218
kTaiwanTelegraph
4347
kXerox
266:261
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5879+112.5.12
kCantonese
dang3
kDefinition
steps on ledge, cliff, or hill
kFanqie
都鄧
kHangul
등:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42457.120:dèng,dēng
kJapanese
トウ
kJapaneseKun
ISHIZAKA ISHIBASHI MASU
kJapaneseOn
TOU
kKorean
TUNG
kMandarin
dèng
kSMSZD2003Readings
dèng粵dang3
kTGHZ2013
070.120:dèng
kTang
də̀ng
kXHC1983
0228.020:dèng
kSemanticVariant
U+5D9D<kMatthews

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 磴0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
石 beside 登 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰石登$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰石登$(GHTJKP)

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