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RTK / HeisigFrame #1838

ascend

Lv 31

Strokes: 12

JLPT: N3

Jōyō: Grade 3

Meanings

ascend RTKClimb

Community Mnemonic

683 votes

When an American Indian warrior dies, his body is placed on a table inside a teepee, and a ritualistic ceremony is held to encourage his spirit to ascend to that big buffalo hunting ground in the sky.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

?bean sprouts
beans

On'yomi

とう

Kun'yomi

のぼ

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