登

de̅ng = d + (e)ng1

to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

登 = 癶 + 豆 : To finance his adventures, Don Quixote (d) signed a sponsorship contract with a famous company producing canned beans (豆). In front of the engine ((e)ng1) he is scaling (登) a mountain of canned beans while wearing sexy nylons (癶). The character 登 depicts Don Quixote's legs (in nylons) standing on the mountain of canned beans.

登 character breakdown

登
- 癶
- 豆
  - 䒑
    - 一
    - 丷
  - 𠮛
    - 一
    - 口

癶

bo̅ = b + o1

Kangxi radical 105, known as 登字頭|登字头[deng1 zi4 tou2]

Mnemonic symbol: nylons.

豆

荳

dòu = d + ou4

variant of 豆[dou4]

豆

dòu = d + ou4

bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel

豆 = 䒑 + 𠮛 : Don Quixote (d) is posting a scroll (𠮛) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He's advertising beans (豆) out of which weed (䒑) will grow.

Characters with 登 as component

邓

鄧

dèng = d + (e)ng4

surname Deng

邓 = 又 + 阝 : Back in the days, Deng Xiaoping (邓), the Imperator (阝) and Don Quixote (d) all had ambitions to become the leader of China. They decided to settle their dispute in a boxing match to the death in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). We all know that Deng Xiaoping emerged from the legendary battle as the winner, standing on the Imperator's and Don Quixote's backs, lifting his boxing gloves (又) towards the sky.

镫

鐙

dèng = d + (e)ng4

stirrup

磴

dèng = d + (e)ng4

cliff-ledge / stone step

嶝

dèng = d + (e)ng4

path leading up a mountain

僜

dèng = d + (e)ng4