漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
越: surpass, cross over
Also: move to, exceed, Vietnam
JLPT N312 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 走to run(meaning)
- 戉(sound)
走 carries the meaning · 戉 gives the sound
12 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
エツetsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 超越するちょうえつするtranscend
- 卓越するたくえつするexcel, exceed
- 越冬するえっとうするpass the winter
- 優越感ゆうえつかんsuperiority complex
こすkosu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 越すこすgo over, exceed, move [v.i]
- 引っ越すひっこすmove [v.i.]
こえるkoeru · kun'yomi
- 越えるこえるgo over, exceed [v.i.]
Also read オツ, -こす, -ごし, -ごえ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)走 to walk or run (meaning) + 戉 (sound)
To go over; to cross.
Source: Wiktionary, 越 (rev. 92201836), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Run (走) + axe variant (戉). To "run" and use an "axe" to break through a boundary, successfully "crossing over" a mountain or "exceeding" an expectation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read エツ
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read オツ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yuè
Same form: 越 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 越 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 越 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yuè 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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