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Translation

děng = d + (e)ng3: class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once

Mnemonic

Inside of the engine's living room ((e)ng3), Don Quixote (d) is praying in front of a Buddhist shrine (寺). He brought a bamboo stick (⺮) as offer, and he lighted it at the very top. Now he's waiting for the stick to burn down so he can go home. However, the stick is very long: Don Quixote will have to wait for a long time (等).

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等 character breakdown

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
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Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
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Characters with 等 as component

等 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 等

highest quality / top-notch
first class / grade A
unequal / varied
private first class (army rank)
inequality (math.)
inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)
third rank / third category / third grade / grade C
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
secondary education / middle school education
trisection (math.) / trisecting an angle
trisection (math.) / trisecting an angle
inequality / unfairness
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)

Sentences with 等

yǒu
zhè
děng
hǎo
shì