超 — transcend, super-, ultra-

こえる超 transcend

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+8D85 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #597 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #411 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

transcend
super-
ultra-

word

こ ko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

超(こ) える koeru to exceed

ちょう chou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

超(ちょう) chou super 超(ちょう) 過(か) chouka excess 超(ちょう) 越(えつ) chouetsu transcendence

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

はしる走 run #156

めす召 seduce

Open in Atlas

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#156 走 run