Kanji N3

登: ascend, climb up

登 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning ascend, climb up, written with 12 strokes. It is read トウ, ト, ドウ (on) and のぼる, あがる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 登山 (とざん, mountain climbing) and 登る (のぼる, to ascend).

登

Meanings

  • ascend
  • climb up
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#566 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ
  • ト
  • ドウ
  • ショウ
  • チョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • のぼる
  • あがる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 登

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 登山とざん

    mountain climbing; mountaineering

    JLPT N3
  • 登るのぼる

    to ascend; to go up; to climb

    JLPT N5
  • 登場とうじょう

    entrance (on the stage)

    JLPT N2
  • 登校とうこう

    attendance (at school); going to school

    JLPT N1
  • 登録とうろく

    registration; accession; register; entry; record

    JLPT N1
  • 登板とうばん

    taking the mound; pitching a game

  • 登記とうき

    registry; registration

  • 登用とうよう

    appointment; assignment; promotion

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.