Chinese surname · rank 473

腾

腾 is read as téng.

Pinyin

téng

Script forms

Simplified 腾 · Traditional 騰

Basic meaning

fly; gallop; run; prance; rise

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Teng state around southwest Tengzhou, Shandong in the state-name layer; an earlier Henan Weihui / Tianyao location appears in 23mofang Teng-state movement account; Nanyang and Qinghe commandery notes in Teng references.

Origin note

Teng/腾 is recorded carefully as a row using the graph 腾, while the strongest historical surname literature is about Teng/滕. Sources describe 腾 and 滕 as same-origin or graph-related in surname use. The source-backed layers are the ancient Huangdi twelve-surname Teng tradition and the Western Zhou Teng state founded by Cuoshu Xiu, with descendants using the state name. The page does not claim the 腾 graph itself appears in the received Baijiaxing line.

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Sources checked

23mofang: Teng surname - distinct Teng/腾 surname-library entry and modern family context
Wikipedia: Teng surname - Huangdi twelve-surname layer, Western Zhou Teng state / Cuoshu Xiu layer, and ethnic bestowed-surname layer for related Teng/滕 tradition
23mofang: Teng/滕 surname - Huangdi ancient Teng surname layer and Zhou Teng state / Cuoshu Xiu state-name layer
Merit Times: Teng surname note - statement that Teng/滕 and Teng/腾 are same-origin, plus Teng state account
Han Dian: Teng - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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