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越

越 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「走」+音符「戉」。「こえる」を意味する漢語｛越｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エツJHS
  • オツ
Kun (native)
  • こ(す)JHS
  • 〜こ(す)JHS
  • 〜ご(し)
  • こ(える)JHS
  • 〜ご(え)
Nanori (used in names)
  • えち
  • えっ
  • お
  • こえ
  • こし
  • ごえ
  • ごし
  • ごや
Other languages
  • 拼音yue4
  • 한글weol
  • 한글hwal
  • Hán-ViệtViệt
  • Hán-ViệtHoạt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
走(はしる)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8D8A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺走戉

Words using this kanji

  • 越えるこえる「こえる」を参照。to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of)
  • 越しごし「こし」参照。 「ごし」参照。across, over, beyond, through
  • 越境えっきょう国境など定められた境界線を越えること。crossing a border (illegally), border violation, border transgression
  • 越年えつねんそれまでの年を越して新しい年を迎えること。年越し。seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation
  • 越後えちご「越後国」を参照。Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
  • 越冬えっとう冬を越すこと。passing the winter, hibernation
  • 越すこすto cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to get over (e.g. hardship), to pass time (e.g. a winter)
  • 越権えっけん自分に属する権限を越えた行為をすること。going beyond authority, unauthorized, unauthorised, ultra vires
  • 越歴エレキelectricity, electric guitar
  • 越幾斯エキスextract (of plants, meat, etc.), essence, concentrate, concentrated stock
  • 越えつ（エツ）中国南部の地名。 （こし、エツ）本州日本海側の地名 ベトナムを意味する語を作る。Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE), Guangdong Province (China), Canton, Kwangtung
  • 越南えつなんベトナム。Vietnam
  • 越訴えっそappeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
  • 越光こしひかりKoshihikari (variety of rice)
  • 越流えつりゅうoverflow
  • 越僑えっきょう外国に脱出し生活するベトナム人。overseas Vietnamese
  • 越波えっぱwave overtopping
  • 越前えちぜん旧国名の一つ。越前国。 福井県にある地名。越前市。越前町。Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
  • 越中えっちゅう「越中国」を参照。 ベトナムと中国の略。中国では中越と表記。Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
  • 越国こしのくにKoshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-7-5
Four Corner
4380.5
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4n8.2
Heisig
413
Nelson
4542