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镫

dèng

Character Traditional 鐙

What 镫 means

1. stirrup

Words starting with 镫

• 镫骨dèng gǔstapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear

Words containing 镫

• 马镫mǎ dèngstirrup

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)
• 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
• 磴dèngcliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝dèngpath leading up a mountain

Characters that look like 镫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 镗tāngnoise of drums
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 镣liàofetters; leg-irons; shackles
• 镦dūnupsetting (forged pieces)

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
• 磴cliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝path leading up a mountain
• 僜Deng ethnic minority of Tibet
• 邓surname Deng