JLPT N3 · 12 strokes
Kanji 登: "ascend, climb up"
The kanji 登 means "ascend, climb up". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read トウ, ト, ドウ, ショウ, チョウ in on'yomi and のぼ.る, あ.がる in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウトドウショウチョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
のぼ.るあ.がる
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | ascend, climb up |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 566 of 2,501 |
Common words with 登
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 登場entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.) · appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence; introduction
- 登録registration; accession; register; entry
- 登校attendance (at school); going to school
- 登場人物character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
- よじ登るto climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale
- 登山mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain
- 不登校truancy; school non-attendance
- 登城attendance at a castle
- 登下校going to and from school; school commute
- 山登りmountain climbing; mountaineering
- 木登りtree climbing
- 登用appointment; assignment; promotion
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