Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

HSK
4

ascend

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

deng1 dēng

Meaning


Primary

ascend

Alternatives

ascends, ascending

Mnemonic


[d-] Dracula is in [1] front of the [-(e)ng] English manor where he is building a 癶 bunker made out of cans of 豆 beans. He 登 ascends to the top and continues placing cans of 豆 beans, building his 癶 bunker. Why? Because when the sun 登 ascends into the sky, he wants a place to hide. Some of the rich kids thinks it's funny and keep on stealing cans of 豆 beans from his 癶 bunker when he is not looking.

Similar Meaning Characters