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Chinese symbol for “overloaded”

超负荷
chāo fù hè
Traditional: 超負荷
excess load; an overload; overloaded

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overloaded is 超负荷 (chāo fù hè), defined as: excess load; an overload; overloaded.

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Characters and stroke order

超 chāo
to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
负 fù
load, burden; to carry, to bear
radical 154 ⾙ · 6 strokes
荷 hè
lotus, water lily; burden, responsibility; Holland
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 超负荷.

WordPinyinMeaning
超过 (超過)chāo guòto surpass; to exceed
超级 (超級)chāo jísuper-; ultra-
超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāo jí shì chǎng)); measure word: 家 (jiā)
超出chāo chūto exceed; to overstep
超人chāo rénsuperhuman; exceptional
负责 (負責)fù zéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
负责人 (負責人)fù zé rénperson in charge
负荷 (負荷)fù hèload; burden

See also: Japanese symbol for “overloaded”.

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.