téng

fly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
马 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

朕 sound component

  Sound component

zhèn

  

pronoun 'I'

Evolution

腾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
腾 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
腾 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

téng

fly; gallop; run; prance; rise; to soar; to gallop; to prance; to turn over; to vacate; to clear

Most common words with 腾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

折腾

to torment sb

to soar

沸腾

to flare up

腾出

to make (some time or space) available (for sb)

奔腾

to gallop