# 磴

| 磴 | U+78F4, &#30964; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78F4 |
| ← 磳 [U+78F3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 磵 → [U+78F5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

磴 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓人廿 (MRNOT), four-corner 1261$_8$, composition ⿰石登)

#### Derived characters

* 𤃶

#### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (deng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dang$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tèng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dèng
*** Wade–Giles: têng$^4$
*** Yale: dèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: denq
*** Palladius: дэн (dɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dang$^3$
*** Yale: dang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dang$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng
*** Tâi-lô: tìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
* 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 | /təŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /təŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /təŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /təŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /təŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /təŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /təŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dang$^3$ |
* 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

磴
* (literary) stone steps on ledge, cliff, or hill
* (literary) stone bridge with steps
* stone bench; stone stool
* Classifier for steps or rungs.

#### Compounds

* 格磴兒 / 格磴儿
* 石磴
* 磴道

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dēng (deng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: deng
*** Wade–Giles: têng$^1$
*** Yale: dēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deng
*** Palladius: дэн (dɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɤŋ⁵⁵/
* 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

磴
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to kick

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tēng (teng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: teng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻêng$^1$
*** Yale: tēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teng
*** Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
* 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

磴
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to increase; to grow

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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)

## Korean
### Hanja

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