過 – overdo, exceed, go beyond

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The kanji 過 means overdo, exceed, go beyond, error. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is す.ぎる、す.ごす、あやま.ち、あやま.つ、よぎ.る、よ.ぎる (sugiru, sugosu, ayamachi, ayamatsu, yogiru, yogiru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	す.ぎる	sugiru
Kun’yomi	す.ごす	sugosu
Kun’yomi	あやま.ち	ayamachi
Kun’yomi	あやま.つ	ayamatsu
Kun’yomi	よぎ.る	yogiru
Kun’yomi	よ.ぎる	yogiru

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: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 口・込・冂.

Words using 過

過ぎるすぎるto pass through過去かこthe past過程かていprocess通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)過ごすすごすto spend (time)通り過ぎるとおりすぎるto go past過失かしつaccident (caused by negligence)過剰かじょうexcess超過ちょうかexcess過半数かはんすうmajority過疎かそunderpopulation過密かみつovercrowding過労かろうoverwork経過けいかpassage (of time)過ちあやまちfault

Example sentences

今日もまた寂しい一日が過ぎる。

Another lonely day.

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１年が過ぎ、彼の死体は塵と化した。

A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.

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私はいつまでも過去にこだわらないようにと心がけている。

I try not to dwell on the past.

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Kanji with the same radical

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