騰
騰 — Leaping up
leaping up, jumping up, rising, advancing, going
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiあがる (agaru)
Kun’yomiのぼる (noboru)
Stroke order (20 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 騰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高騰 | こうとう koutou | sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase |
| 急騰 | きゅうとう kyuutou | sudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump |
| 沸騰 | ふっとう futtou | boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate) |
| 騰貴 | とうき touki | rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance |
| 暴騰 | ぼうとう boutou | sudden rise; sharp rise; boom |
| 反騰 | はんとう hantou | reactionary price rise |
Study notes
騰 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 20 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1420 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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