騰

See also: 腾

騰 U+9A30, 騰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A30 ← 騯 [U+9A2F] CJK Unified Ideographs 騱 → [U+9A31]

Translingual

Han character

騰 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火手火 (BFQF), four-corner 7922₇, composition ⿰月駦)

Descendants

• 駦, 腾

References

• KangXi: page 1442, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44915
• Dae Jaweon: page 1967, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2125, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9A30

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Chinese

trad.		騰
simp.		腾
2nd round simp.		𱅑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 騰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (朕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'ɯːŋ): phonetic 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 馬 (“horse”) – a horses’ gallop, prance.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): téng (teng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thìn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thêng / thn̂g / tn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): têng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): den (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: téng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: téng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tang⁴
    • Yale: tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thêng
    • Tâi-lô: thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: thn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: têng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: den (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥əɲ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /dəŋ/

Rime
Character	騰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒登切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəŋ/
Li Rong	/dəŋ/
Wang Li	/dəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	téng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	騰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	téng
Middle Chinese	‹ dong ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁəŋ/
English	to mount; oppress
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騰
Reading #	1/1
No.	17115
Phonetic component	朕
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	騰
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːŋ/

Definitions

騰

1. to gallop; to run; to prance
2. to soar; to rise

Compounds

Derived terms from 騰

• 不騰騰／不腾腾
• 亂亂騰騰／乱乱腾腾
• 亂騰騰／乱腾腾
• 倒騰／倒腾 (dǎoténg)
• 克什克騰／克什克腾
• 剔騰／剔腾
• 勃騰／勃腾
• 勃騰騰／勃腾腾
• 升騰／升腾 (shēngténg)
• 南極騰輝／南极腾辉
• 博斯騰湖／博斯腾湖
• 喧騰／喧腾
• 困騰騰／困腾腾
• 圖騰／图腾 (túténg)
• 士飽馬騰／士饱马腾
• 奔騰／奔腾 (bēnténg)
• 奔騰澎湃／奔腾澎湃
• 宣騰／宣腾
• 忒楞楞騰／忒楞楞腾
• 悶騰騰／闷腾腾
• 慢慢騰騰／慢慢腾腾
• 慢騰斯禮／慢腾斯礼
• 慢騰騰／慢腾腾 (mànténgténg)
• 懵騰／懵腾
• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng)
• 掀騰／掀腾
• 搗騰／捣腾
• 撲騰／扑腾 (pūténg)
• 撲騰騰／扑腾腾
• 支騰／支腾
• 歡騰／欢腾 (huānténg)
• 殺氣騰騰／杀气腾腾
• 毛毛騰騰／毛毛腾腾
• 毛騰廝火／毛腾厮火
• 民怨沸騰／民怨沸腾

• 氣騰騰／气腾腾
• 沸騰／沸腾 (fèiténg)
• 漫騰騰／漫腾腾
• 火不騰／火不腾
• 烈焰騰空／烈焰腾空
• 焰騰騰／焰腾腾
• 煞氣騰騰／煞气腾腾
• 熱氣騰騰／热气腾腾 (rèqìténgténg)
• 熱騰騰／热腾腾
• 物論沸騰／物论沸腾
• 物議沸騰／物议沸腾
• 番騰／番腾
• 瞢騰／瞢腾
• 翻騰／翻腾 (fānténg)
• 興騰／兴腾
• 萬馬奔騰／万马奔腾 (wànmǎbēnténg)
• 蒸騰／蒸腾 (zhēngténg)
• 薄海歡騰／薄海欢腾
• 蘭桂騰芳／兰桂腾芳
• 蜚英騰茂／蜚英腾茂
• 踢騰／踢腾
• 鋪騰／铺腾
• 飛聲騰實／飞声腾实
• 飛騰／飞腾 (fēiténg)
• 飛騰之兆／飞腾之兆
• 飛騰之藥／飞腾之药
• 飛黃騰踏／飞黄腾踏
• 飛黃騰達／飞黄腾达 (fēihuángténgdá)
• 駕霧騰雲／驾雾腾云
• 騫騰／骞腾
• 騰倒／腾倒
• 騰出／腾出 (téngchū)
• 騰挪／腾挪
• 騰捷／腾捷
• 騰捷飛升／腾捷飞升

• 騰掀／腾掀
• 騰格里湖／腾格里湖
• 騰歡／腾欢
• 騰空／腾空 (téngkōng)
• 騰空而起／腾空而起 (téngkōng'érqǐ)
• 騰笑／腾笑
• 騰翅子／腾翅子
• 騰蛇／腾蛇
• 騰蛟起鳳／腾蛟起凤
• 騰裝／腾装
• 騰貴／腾贵 (téngguì)
• 騰越／腾越
• 騰趠／腾趠
• 騰踊／腾踊
• 騰踏／腾踏
• 騰踔／腾踔
• 騰躍／腾跃
• 騰身／腾身
• 騰達／腾达 (téngdá)
• 騰那／腾那
• 騰閃／腾闪
• 騰雲／腾云
• 騰雲跨風／腾云跨风
• 騰雲駕霧／腾云驾雾
• 騰霧／腾雾
• 騰飛／腾飞 (téngfēi)
• 騰騰／腾腾
• 騰驤／腾骧
• 騰黃／腾黄
• 驍騰／骁腾
• 驤騰／骧腾
• 骨騰肉飛／骨腾肉飞
• 鬧騰／闹腾 (nàoteng)
• 鬧騰勁兒／闹腾劲儿
• 龍騰虎躍／龙腾虎跃 (lóngténghǔyuè)

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Japanese

Kanji

騰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. leaping up, jumping up, rising, advancing, going

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
• Kun: のぼる (noboru, 騰る); あがる (agaru, 騰がる)

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Korean

Hanja

騰 • (deung) (hangeul 등)

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Vietnamese

Han character

騰: Hán Nôm readings: đằng

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