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
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癶
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豆
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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.
愣
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忄
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罒
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方
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Sir Lancelot (l) keeps his favorite flail (忄) and net (罒) in a square (方) each in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). From time to time he stares blankly (愣) at his mementos as he daydreams (愣) about the good old times.