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dèng

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dèng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dèng | deng4
English translation
stone steps on a cliff or hill

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About dèng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

dèng

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

Stone  Shí steps for climbing  dēng dēng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of dèng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

石登

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Words with dèng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dèng cliff-ledge dèng
磴口县 Dèng kǒu xiàn Dengkou county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔 Bā yàn nào ěr [Bā​yàn​nào​'ěr], Inner Mongolia磴口縣
磴口 Dèng kǒu Dengkou county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔 Bā yàn nào ěr [Bā​yàn​nào​'ěr], Inner Mongolia磴口 Dèng kǒu

dèng Decomposition & Compounds

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