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蹬
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pedal

HSK 7
Human →Body →Limbs
dēng
トウ
よろめ.く
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound.
Components
足 lower leg+ 登 ascend =
蹬 pedal
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
登 Phonetic component
dēng ascend
rise, mount, board, climb
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Notes
Similar Characters
趴 prostrate oneself趵 noise of tramping feet趸 sell or buy wholesale (simp)趺 sit趼 callous skin on趾 toe趿 slipshod跂 crawling跃 skip (simp)跄 walk rapidly (simp)跆 trample跋 go by foot跌 slump跎 stumble跏 sit cross-legged跐 to trample跑 run跖 foot (simp)跗 the instep跚 stagger
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蹬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蹬 [dēng]
to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (11)
脚蹬 [jiǎo​dēng]
pedal
脚蹬 [jiǎo​dēng]
pedal
蹬子 [dēng​zi]
pedal
蹬脚 [dēng​jiǎo]
to stamp one's foot
蹬脚 [dēng​jiǎo]
to stamp one's foot
蹬腿 [dēng​tuǐ]
to kick one's legs
蹬鼻子上脸 [dēng​bí​zi​shàng​liǎn]
lit. to climb all over sb
蹬鼻子上脸 [dēng​bí​zi​shàng​liǎn]
lit. to climb all over sb
蹭蹬 [cèng​dèng]
to have bad luck
马蹬 [mǎ​dèng]
stirrup
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