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Leaping Up

On’yomiとう
Kun’yomiあが.る・のぼ.る
MeaningsLeaping Up, Jumping Up, Rising, Advancing, Going
JLPT N1 20 strokes #1388 most common Secondary school Radical horse
書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 騰

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分解 · What it is made of

The parts of 騰

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Leaping Up
部首 · Radical

The radical of 騰

Radical 187 of 214
Horse

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 騰 is filed under (horse) — radical number 187 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

Other kanji built on 馬

練習 · Practice

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Leaping Up とう あが.る・のぼ.る
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熟語 · In real words

Words that use 騰

Kanji are almost never met alone. These are the most common words built from this character, ordered by how often they actually appear in Japanese.

高騰 こうとう sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase
昂騰 こうとう sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase
騰がる あがる to rise; to go up; to come up
急騰 きゅうとう sudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump
沸騰 ふっとう boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate)
暴騰 ぼうとう sudden rise; sharp rise; boom
反騰 はんとう reactionary price rise
騰げる あげる to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place)
騰勢 とうせい upward trend
騰貴 とうき rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance
同音 · Sound-alikes

Kanji that sound like 騰

Japanese has far more kanji than syllables, so one reading is shared by many characters. These are the ones you will confuse with 騰 — learn them together, not separately.

画数 · 20 strokes

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頻度 · Frequency

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騰 is the 1388th most common kanji in written Japanese. Learning in frequency order is the fastest route to reading real text.

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質問 · Questions

About the kanji 騰

What does the kanji 騰 mean?

騰 means Leaping Up, Jumping Up, Rising, Advancing, Going. It is the 1388th most common kanji in written Japanese.

How do you read the kanji 騰?

騰 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) とう; kun'yomi (native Japanese) あが.る、のぼ.る.

How many strokes does 騰 have?

騰 is written with 20 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What level is the kanji 騰?

It appears at JLPT level N1, and Japanese schoolchildren learn it in secondary school.

What is the radical of 騰?

The radical of 騰 is 馬 (horse), radical number 187 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

What parts is the kanji 騰 made of?

騰 is built from 月 (month) and 駦. Learning kanji as combinations of a few hundred reusable components is far more efficient than memorising each character as a separate shape.

What words use the kanji 騰?

Common words written with 騰 include 高騰 (こうとう, sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase); 昂騰 (こうとう, sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase); 騰がる (あがる, to rise; to go up; to come up).

Which kanji sound the same as 騰?

騰 shares a reading with 東 (とう), 党 (とう), 当 (とう), 統 (とう), 道 (とう), among others. Same-sounding kanji are one of the most common sources of confusion in Japanese.

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