騰

Han character edit

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

Descendants edit

• 駦, 腾

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Glyph origin edit

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

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

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

騰

1. to soar; to rise

   • 是月也，天氣下降，地氣上騰，天地和同，草木萌動。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     是月也，天气下降，地气上腾，天地和同，草木萌动。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Shì yuè yě, tiānqì xiàjiàng, dìqì shàng téng, tiāndì hétóng, cǎomù méngdòng. [Pinyin]

     In this month the vapours of heaven descend and those of the earth ascend. Heaven and earth are in harmonious co-operation. All plants bud and grow.

2. to gallop; to run; to prance

   奔騰／奔腾  ―  bēnténg  ―  to gallop

3. to clear out; to make room

   騰出時間／腾出时间  ―  téng chū shíjiān  ―  to set aside time

4. Used after certain verbs to show repeated actions

   折騰／折腾  ―  zhēteng  ―  to toss about; to be restless

   鬧騰／闹腾  ―  nàoteng  ―  to make a noise; to kick up a row

5. a surname: Teng

Synonyms edit

• (to gallop):

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

Shinjitai	騰
Kyūjitai [1][2][3][4]	騰󠄁 騰+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	騰󠄃 騰+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings edit

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←どう (dou, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kun: あがる (agaru, 騰がる); あげる (ageru, 騰げる); のぼる (noboru, 騰る); のる (noru, 騰る)

Compounds edit

References edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 騰 (MC dong).

Pronunciation edit

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tɯŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [등]

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

騰

Wikisource

騰 (eumhun 오를 등 (oreul deung))

1. Hanja form^? of 등 (“gallop, run, prance”).
2. Hanja form^? of 등 (“fly”).
3. Hanja form^? of 등 (“rise”).

Compounds edit

References edit

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 騰

Han character edit

騰: Hán Nôm readings: đằng

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