# 騰 — Inflation

Frequency rank 2019 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 遷 (Transition), less common than 痺 (Become numb).

- On’yomi: とう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 馬 Horse (Kangxi 187)
- Frequency path: Level XVI of XX

Meat on the left rises as a horse rears on the right — prices inflate as meat rides a wild horse upward, costs galloping higher and higher.

In words:

- 沸騰 ふっとう — boiling;seething

[Study 騰](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E9%A8%B0)

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