滕 (téng): surname Teng

Meanings

1 surname Teng
2 an ancient vassal state of the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Shandong)

Characters

滕

téng

surname Teng; ancient state

Examples

HSK 4

王勃的《滕王阁序》是千古名篇。

Wáng Bó de Téngwánggé Xù shì qiāngǔ míngpiān.

Wang Bo's "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" is a celebrated piece of classical prose.

HSK 5

滕州是山东的一座城市，古滕国所在地。

Téngzhōu shì Shāndōng de yí zuò chéngshì, gǔ Téngguó suǒzàidì.

Tengzhou is a city in Shandong, the site of the ancient state of Teng.

Tips

culture

Best known through the 《滕王阁序》 (Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng) by the Tang poet Wang Bo. The Pavilion of Prince Teng in Nanchang is one of the great towers of southern China.

Components

radical

氺 shuǐ

water

氺 is the water radical in its spread bottom form (from 水). The character originally referred to water gushing up, which is why it is filed under the water radical.

phonetic

月 yuè

phonetic cluster

The left and upper-right form a fused phonetic block (the 朕 shape) shared with 腾 and 誊. It supplies the sound téng and carries no meaning here.