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Chinese symbol for “surpassing”

超群
chāo qún
surpassing; preeminent; outstanding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for surpassing is 超群 (chāo qún), defined as: surpassing; preeminent; outstanding.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

超 chāo
to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
群 qún
group, crowd; multitude, mob
radical 123 ⽺ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “surpassing”

WordPinyinMeaning
超绝 (超絕)chāo juésurpassing; excelling
胜 (勝)shèngvictory; success
出类拔萃 (出類拔萃)chū lèi bá cuìto excel the common (idiom); surpassing; preeminent
卓越zhuó yuèoutstanding; surpassing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 超群.

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
群众 (群眾)qún zhòngmass; multitude
群体 (群體)qún tǐcommunity; colony

See also: Japanese symbol for “surpassing”.

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.

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