越 – surpass, cross over, move to

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#897 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 越 means surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エツ、オツ (etsu, otsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こ.す、-こ.す、-ご.し、こ.える、-ご.え (kosu, kosu, goshi, koeru, goe). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 走 (no. 156).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エツ	etsu
On’yomi	オツ	otsu
Kun’yomi	こ.す	kosu
Kun’yomi	-こ.す	kosu
Kun’yomi	-ご.し	goshi
Kun’yomi	こ.える	koeru
Kun’yomi	-ご.え	goe

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 走 (Kangxi radical 156). Components: 走・土・戈.

Words using 越

引っ越すひっこすto move (house)越すこすto cross over (e.g. mountain)越えるこえるto cross over引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)追い越すおいこすto pass (e.g. car)乗り越しのりこしriding past (one's station)引っ越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)優越ゆうえつsupremacy

Example sentences

去年の秋、私たちはニューヨークに引っ越した。

We moved to New York last fall.

Tatoeba #182222

船は今夜赤道を越すだろう。

The ship will cross the equator tonight.

Tatoeba #141122

どうやって彼らはあのテントで寒い冬を越せるのだろうか。

How will they get through the cold winter in that tent?

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Kanji with the same radical

起超走趣赴

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