ascend

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
足 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

foot

齐 sound component

  Sound component

  

even

Evolution

跻 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
跻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
跻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
跻 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
跻 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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ascend, go up, rise; to go up (esp. in rank); to rise; to ascend

Most common words with 跻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

跻身

to rise (in society)

to rise