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Kanji Detail for 騰 - "rise, soar, jump"

騰

  • Meaning

    騰 means "rise, soar, jump."

    1. Rise - To go up; to ascend.

    2. Soar - To fly high; to increase rapidly.

    3. Jump - To leap; to spring up.

    4. Gallop - To run fast (of horses).

  • Words using 騰

    • 急騰 きゅうとう Listen sudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump
    • 沸騰 ふっとう Listen boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate)
    • 暴騰 ぼうとう Listen sudden rise; sharp rise; boom
    • 騰貴 とうき Listen rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance

  • Tattoo check: 騰

    • Verified meaning: rise, soar, jump
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あぐる, とう, のぼる)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 騰

    Given names 騰(のぼる)Listen

    Surnames 騰(あぐる)Listen 騰(とう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    leaping up; jumping up; rising; advancing; going

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fly; gallop; run; prance; rise

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to fly, to soar; to gallop, to prance; rising, steaming

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A horse galloping and leaping. | All rising is called 騰. As in prices rising suddenly is called 騰貴.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.garu(あ-がる) あ-がる

    nobo.ru(のぼ-る) のぼ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    20 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    馬 (uma・umahen)

  • Related Keywords

    rise soar jump gallop surge ascend climb elevate escalate fly grow increase lift mount skyrocket spike swell upswing upturn

Sentences including 騰

  • Prices have jumped.

  • The value of the yen has soared.

  • There was a sharp rise in prices last year.

  • The cost of living is soaring.

  • What temperature does water boil at?

  • Water boils at 100 degrees.

  • The water has boiled away.

  • The country seethed over the issue of national defense.

  • When water boils, it turns into steam.

  • The water will come to a boil in 5 minutes or so.

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