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越 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「走」

道
4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「走」
On
エツ・オツえつ・おつ · etsu · otsu
Kun
こ.す・-こ.す・-ご.し・こ.える・-ご.えko.su · ko.su · go.shi · ko.eru · go.e
Meaning
cross over; exceed

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

走 "to run" with 戉: to run and get over — to cross over, to exceed.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエツえつetsu越境えっきょう超越ちょうえつ優越ゆうえつ
Kunこすkosu越すこす年越しとしこし

Compare: 超す

Kunこえるkoeru越えるこえる山越えやまごえ

Compare: 超える

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 越境えっきょう

    crossing a border

  • 優越ゆうえつ

    superiority

More words with this kanji

  • 卓越たくえつ
  • 呉越同舟ごえつどうしゅう
  • 僭越せんえつ
  • 踰越ゆえつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

峠(とうげ)を越(こ)えると海(うみ)が見(み)える。

Once you cross the pass, you can see the sea.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

優越越境越優gentle境bounda…趣purpor…走to run赴procee…起get up赳valian…乙the la…曰to say戉a batt…兌to exc…咽throat
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 走Map of reading エツAll maps

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