Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

騰: leaping up, jumping up

Also: rising, advancing, going

JLPT N120 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 駦 is drawn in

20 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 高騰こうとうsharp rise (in prices); steep rise
  • 急騰きゅうとうsudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump
  • 沸騰ふっとう
  • 暴騰ぼうとうsudden rise; sharp rise; boom
  • 騰貴とうきrise (in price or value); appreciation
  • 反騰はんとうreactionary price rise

Also read あがる, のぼる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Gallop ahead! Imagine a spirited stallion charging across a field, its mane flying in the wind.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
騰 leaping up · 月 + 駦
vs験 verification · 馬 + 㑒
騰 has 月 + 駦 where 験 has 馬 + 㑒.
In ChineseSimplified 腾 · traditional, as in Japanese · téng

Japan keeps the traditional form 騰; mainland China simplifies it to 腾.

Simplified
腾 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
騰 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin téng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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