Memory phrase for the character: 蹬

蹬

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Meaning

to tread on, to pedal, to step on

Pronunciation

dēng, dèng

Explanation

 Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it)

Mnemonic
 
On foot you climb: Tread by tread.

Radicals

足 foot
登 climb up
癶 volcanoIn 业 an empty volcanic vent is shown and the mountain is in 癶 full of rising smoke.
豆 beanshows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.




 Vocabulary

马蹬 mǎ dèng  stirrup
蹭蹬 cèng dèng  to have bad luck; dammit!
蹬鼻子上脸 dēng bí zi shàng liǎn  lit. to climb all over sb; fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
蹬鼻子上脸 dēng bí zi shàng liǎn  

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