登 means “climb”

のぼる · noboru

Also: ascend, climb up

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

のぼる, あがる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ, ト, ドウ, ショウ

Taught in grade 3 · 12 strokes

The story

Feet press upward against the earth. Mount Fuji beckons millions each summer to climb through clouds toward the sacred sunrise.

Used in 登る (noboru, to climb) and 登山 (tozan, mountain climbing)

More from Actions & Movement

• 座 sit
• 開 open
• 見 see
• 行 go
• 来 come
• 入 enter
• 出 go out
• 立 stand
• 聞 hear
• 話 speak
• 読 read
• 書 write

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.