越 — surpass, cross over, move to

こえる越 surpass

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

U+8D8A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #897 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #413 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

surpass
cross over
move to
exceed
vietnam

word

こ・ご 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).

越(こ) える koeru to cross over 乗(の) り越(こ) える norikoeru to overcome 引(ひっ) 越(こ) し hikkoshi moving house 引(ひ) っ越(こ) す hikkosu to move (residence) 越(こ) す kosu to cross over お越(こ) し okoshi coming 越(ご) し goshi across 引(ひ) っ越(こ) し hikkoshi moving (house)

えつ etsu 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) 越(えつ) chouetsu transcendence 越(えつ) etsu crossing over 優(ゆう) 越(えつ) yuuetsu superiority

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はしる走 run #156

戉 broad axe

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#156 走 run

越 — surpass, cross over, move to

Meanings

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こ・ご 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).

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

Stroke order

Components

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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.

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越 — surpass, cross over, move to

Meanings

word

こ ・ご 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).

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

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

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.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

こ・ご 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).