越 — kanji meaning “surpass”
越
surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam
- Meanings
- surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam
- On'yomi
- エツ (etsu)、オツ (otsu)
- Kun'yomi
- こ.す、-こ.す、-ご.し、こ.える、-ご.え
- Name readings
- えち、えっ、お、こえ、こし、ごえ
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #897 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 156
- Chinese reading
- yuè — Chinese character page
Words with 越
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引っ越し | ひっこし hikkoshi | moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence |
| 越える | こえる koeru | to cross over; to cross; to pass through |
| 越し | ごし goshi | across; over; beyond |
| 引っ越す | ひっこす hikkosu | to move (house); to change residence |
| 勝ち越し | かちこし kachikoshi | having more wins than losses |
| 超越 | ちょうえつ chouetsu | transcendence; transcendency |
| 上越 | じょうえつ jouetsu | area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata |
| 越す | こす kosu | to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across |
| 越後 | えちご echigo | Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture) |
| 卓越 | たくえつ takuetsu | preeminence; excellence; superiority |
| 越境 | えっきょう ekkyou | crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression |
| 中越 | ちゅうえつ chuuetsu | Chūetsu (region in Niigata) |
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