Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to reach the summit (e.g. of a mountain)

    彼はその会社でたたき上げで最高の地位まで登りつめた。
    He rose through the ranks to the top position at the company where he started his career.
  2. to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

Also written 登り詰める【のぼりつめる】昇り詰める【のぼりつめる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

above, up

Kun
うえ-うえうわ-かみあ.げる-あ.げるあ.がる-あ.がるあ.がり-あ.がりのぼ.るのぼ.りのぼ.せるのぼ.すたてまつ.る
On
ジョウショウシャン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
35 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

あおいあげかきかずかんこうのぼりほつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
2m1.1The Kanji Dictionary
2110.0Four corner code
1272deroo
4e0aUnicode hex code
1-30-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
798Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
10New Nelson (John Haig)
3404New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4212Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2128Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2876Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
49Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
50Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
47Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13Morohashi
37A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20sakade
5Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
23henshall3
12Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
29crowley
31Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
6Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
49Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shang4, shang3Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame

Kun
つ.めるつ.め-づ.めつ.まるつ.む
On
キツキチ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1020 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

ずめづめ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
7a6.7The Kanji Dictionary
0466.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a70Unicode hex code
1-21-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4359Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5609New Nelson (John Haig)
1521New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1021Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1380Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
343Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
367Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1035A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1507Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35440Morohashi
1144A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1142Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1195Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1665Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1576Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1678Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
349Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie2Pinyin reading
hilKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level