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嶝

dèng

Character

What 嶝 means

1. path leading up a mountain

Characters built on 登

These share the phonetic component 登 (dēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
• 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 凳dèngbench; stool
• 蹬dēngto step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb)
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
• 磴dèngcliff-ledge; stone step

Sounds the same

Read dèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瞪to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 凳bench; stool
• 蹬used in 蹭蹬
• 澄(of liquid) to settle; to become clear
• 镫stirrup
• 磴cliff-ledge; stone step
• 僜Deng ethnic minority of Tibet
• 邓surname Deng