過 — kanji meaning “overdo”
過
overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
- Meanings
- overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi
- す.ぎる、す.ごす、あやま.ち、あやま.つ、よぎ.る、よ.ぎる
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #285 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- guò, guō — Chinese character page
Words with 過
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 過ぎ | すぎ sugi | past; after |
| 過程 | かてい katei | process; course; mechanism |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 通過 | つうか tsuuka | passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit |
| 過剰 | かじょう kajou | excess; surplus; superabundance |
| 過半数 | かはんすう kahansuu | majority |
| 過ぎる | すぎる sugiru | to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond |
| 過失 | かしつ kashitsu | accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder |
| 過疎 | かそ kaso | underpopulation; low population density; depopulation |
| 過激 | かげき kageki | extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language) |
| 過ち | あやまち ayamachi | fault; error; indiscretion |
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