Kanji N1

騰: leaping up, jumping up, rising

騰 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning leaping up, jumping up, rising, written with 20 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and あがる, のぼる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 沸騰 (ふっとう, boiling) and 高騰 (こうとう, sharp rise).

騰

Meanings

  • leaping up
  • jumping up
  • rising
  • advancing
  • going
Strokes20
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1420 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あがる
  • のぼる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 騰

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 沸騰ふっとう

    boiling; seething

    JLPT N1
  • 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; surge

  • 騰貴とうき

    rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance

  • 暴騰ぼうとう

    sudden rise; sharp rise; boom; skyrocketing

  • 反騰はんとう

    reactionary price rise

  • 騰勢とうせい

    upward trend

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.