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Chinese symbol for “mountaineering”

登山
dēng shān
to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mountaineering is 登山 (dēng shān), defined as: to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

登 dēng
to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
radical 105 ⽨ · 12 strokes
山 shān
mountain, hill, peak
radical 46 ⼭ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “mountaineering”

WordPinyinMeaning
登峰dēng fēngto climb a mountain; to scale a peak

Related words

Other words that share a character with 登山.

WordPinyinMeaning
登记 (登記)dēng jìto register (one's name)
登陆 (登陸)dēng lùto land; to come ashore
登上dēng shàngto climb over; to ascend onto
登场 (登場)dēng chǎngto go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene
刊登kān dēngto carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
登录 (登錄)dēng lùto register; to log in
山区 (山區)shān qūmountain area; 个 (gè)
火山huǒ shānvolcano

See also: Japanese symbol for “mountaineering”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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