磴
cliff-ledge; stone step
Closest English meanings
stone steps·step
The Calligrapher — Ōuyáng Tōng 欧阳通
Tang regular-script master known for powerful, square strokes.
Tang calligrapher (?–691), master of regular script — known for 《道因法师碑》. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
磴 means steps cut into living stone. Pilgrim accounts of Mount Tai and Huashan count the 磴道, stone-step stairways, one dizzying flight after another, where monks, muleteers and porters hauled timber, incense and water up sheer faces for centuries.
Common words & phrases
- 石磴 stone steps · stone stair
- 磴道 stone path · mountain steps
Read the story behind the character
Weekend hikers climb the same stairs: a mountain park signs its 石磴, stone steps, and warns that the old 磴道, stone stairway, gets slippery after rain. Photographers love the image — steps worn glossy and hollow by a thousand years of shoes.
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