TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
登
登 ＝ 癶 ＋ 豆
ㄉㄥ · dēng
verb — to climb, ascend; to record, publish
字源 FORM — what the parts do
癶形two feet stepping apart, climbing
Two feet (癶) climb, and below them a tall footed vessel (豆) — the old graph shows mounting a chariot, foot raised to the step. From climbing up came every rising: 登山, 登陸, and the name written up onto a register, 登記.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩腳（癶）一前一後，踏上高高的器座（豆）——上去了。
Two feet (癶), one then the next, mount the tall stand (豆) — and you are up.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)登山、登車— to climb, to mount常用
→登陸、登台— to set foot on; to go up onto
⇒登記、登報— to record, to publish — write a name up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension