Japanese symbol for “fluctuations”

騰落

とうらく

Romaji: touraku

rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs

In Japanese, fluctuations is 騰落, read とうらく (touraku).

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Meanings

n rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs

Kanji and stroke order

騰

leaping up, jumping up, rising

on: トウ
kun: あが.る、のぼ.る

20 strokes · JLPT 1

落

fall, drop, come down

on: ラク
kun: お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす

12 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
沸騰	ふっとう futtou	boiling; seething
高騰	こうとう koutou	sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase
急騰	きゅうとう kyuutou	sudden rise (in price); sharp rise; jump
暴騰	ぼうとう boutou	sudden rise; sharp rise; boom
騰貴	とうき touki	rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance
落ちる	おちる ochiru	to fall; to drop; to come down
落ち	おち ochi	slip; omission
墜落	ついらく tsuiraku	fall; crash (of an aircraft)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.