越 — Chinese character
越
yuè
to exceed, to surpass, to transcend
- Pinyin
- yuè
- Radical
- 156 ⾛ (Run)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 走 戉
- Formation
- pictophonetic — run; meaning component 走; sound component 戉
- Japanese
- 越 as a kanji
Common words with 越
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 越来越 (越來越) | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
| 穿越 | chuān yuè | to traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction) |
| 跨越 | kuà yuè | to step across; step over |
| 优越 (優越) | yōu yuè | superior; superiority |
| 卓越 | zhuó yuè | outstanding; surpassing |
| 越过 (越過) | yuè guò | to cross over; to transcend |
| 越狱 (越獄) | yuè yù | to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc) |
| 越发 (越發) | yuè fā | increasingly; more and more |
| 飞越 (飛越) | fēi yuè | to fly across; to fly over |
| 越野 | yuè yě | to travel cross-country; to go off-road; (attributive) cross-country; off-road |
| 逾越 | yú yuè | to exceed |
English words written with 越
越 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 3 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 20
- Art of War 6.21
- Art of War 11.30
- Art of War 11.43
- Mencius 1B.3
- Mencius 4B.31
- Mencius 5B.4
- Mencius 6B.3
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
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