Chinese symbol for “encroach”
超出
chāo chū
to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach
The closest CC-CEDICT match for encroach is 超出 (chāo chū), defined as: to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “encroach”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 超出.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 超过 (超過) | chāo guò | to surpass; to exceed |
| 超级 (超級) | chāo jí | super-; ultra- |
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
| 超市 | chāo shì | supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāo jí shì chǎng)); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 超人 | chāo rén | superhuman; exceptional |
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
See also: Japanese symbol for “encroach”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.