漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
超: transcend, super-
Also: ultra-
JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
走 carries the meaning · 召 gives the sound
12 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 超人ちょうじんsuperman
- 超特急ちょうとっきゅうsuper express
- 超音波ちょうおんぱultrasonic waves
- 超自然的なちょうしぜんてきなsupernatural
- 超然たるちょうぜんたるtranscendental
- 超過するちょうかするexceed, be more than
- 超越するちょうえつするtranscend, rise above
こえるkoeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 超えるこえるexceed, cross over [v.i.]
こすkosu · kun'yomi
- 超すこすcross, pass [v.i.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)走 run (meaning) + 召 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 超 (rev. 92439657), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Run (走) + calling out (召). To "run" so fast that you "exceed" the normal limits or "surpass" everyone else—the essence of something "super" or "extraordinary."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
召
Also built on seduce (召)
The 召 family reads ショウ (shou); 超 is read チョウ.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chāo
Same form: 超 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 超 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 超 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chāo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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