梯

ladder / stairs

younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)

variant of 悌[ti4]

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

escalade

(military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain

ladder / staircase / escalator

spiral stairs / winding stairs (gymnastic equipment)

stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator

staircase with right-angled turn / L-shaped staircase

passenger elevator / passenger lift

South Ossetia

a rope ladder

to take an elevator

Ossetia (a Caucasian republic)