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Kotomora

騰

leaping up, jumping up, rising, advancing, going

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes20

Readings

On'yomi

  • トウ

Kun'yomi

  • あが.る
  • のぼ.る

Meaning

騰 centers on upward motion: leaping, jumping, rising, or advancing. The sense of 'going' is a natural extension of moving forward or upward.

Most common words using 騰

  • 高騰こうとう

    sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring

  • 沸騰ふっとう
    N1

    boiling; seething

  • 急騰きゅうとう

    sudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump; surge

  • 暴騰ぼうとう
    N1

    sudden rise; sharp rise; boom; skyrocketing

  • 騰落とうらく

    rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs

  • 騰貴とうき
    N1

    rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance

  • 反騰はんとう

    reactionary price rise

  • 騰勢とうせい

    upward trend

  • 上騰じょうとう

    advance; rise; jump

  • 人気沸騰にんきふっとう

    (enjoying) tumultuous popularity

  • 体液沸騰たいえきふっとう

    ebullism; formation of gas bubbles in bodily fluids

  • 奔騰ほんとう

    soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride

  • 沸騰水型原子炉ふっとうすいがたげんしろ

    boiling-water reactor; BWR

  • 沸騰点ふっとうてん

    boiling point

  • 物価騰貴ぶっかとうき

    price rise

  • 物価高騰ぶっかこうとう

    rise in prices

  • 続騰ぞくとう

    continued advance (in market price); continued rise

  • 話題沸騰わだいふっとう

    being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

  • 議論沸騰ぎろんふっとう

    discussion (argument) becoming heated; debate being in a ferment

  • 騰訊テンセント

    Tencent (Chinese conglomerate)

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Etymology

騰 combines 馬 (horse) with a phonetic component that also suggests rising. The idea is a horse leaping or rearing up, giving the sense of jumping or rising.

Meaning mnemonic

A horse (馬) leaps up, rising and advancing. Picture a horse jumping over an obstacle, its body surging upward.

Reading mnemonic

For トウ, imagine a horse leaping over a tall tower (タワー -> トウ). The tower cues the reading while the horse jumps up.