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Kanji Information Sheet for 越 ( PDF version )
English: surpass cross over move to exceed Vietnam | On-Yomi: エツ オツ | Kun-Yomi: こ.す -こ.す -ご.し こ.える -ご.え えち えっ お こえ こし ごえ ごし ごや |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 走 (はしる) – run
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #897 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #897 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 越える [こえる]
(v1) to exceed; to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 越す [こす]
(v5s) to go over (e.g. with audience) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 引っ越し [ひっこし]
(n) moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 乗り越し [のりこし]
(n) riding past (one's station) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 追い越す [おいこす]
(v5s) to pass (e.g. car); to outdistance; to outstrip [K] [D] [Jisho] - 寄越す [よこす]
(v5s) (1) to send; to forward; (2) to hand over (e.g. money) [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 越し [ごし]
(n-suf) across; over; beyond [K] [D] [Jisho] - 越境 [えっきょう]
(n) border transgression [K] [D] [Jisho] - 越権 [えっけん]
(adj-no,n) going beyond authority; unauthorized [K] [D] [Jisho] - 越後 [えちご]
Echigo; old name for Niigata Prefecture [K] [D] [Jisho] - 越冬 [えっとう]
(n) passing the winter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 越年 [えつねん]
(n,vs) ring out the old year; hibernation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 持ち越す [もちこす]
(v5s) to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 優越感 [ゆうえつかん]
(n) superiority complex [K] [D] [Jisho] - 中越 [ちゅうごし]
over center field [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝ち越し [かちこし]
(n) more wins than losses (sport) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝ち越す [かちこす]
(v5s) to have more wins than losses; to lead (someone) by (three) matches [K] [D] [Jisho] - 負け越し [まけこし]
(n) more losses than wins (sport) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 上越 [じょうえつ]
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗り越える [のりこえる]
(v1) to climb over; to ride across; to surmount [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗り越す [のりこす]
(v5s) to ride past; to pass; to outdistance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 三越 [みつこし]
Mitsukoshi (department store) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 卓越 [たくえつ]
(n) excellence; superiority [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗越し [のりこし]
(n) riding past (one's station) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗越す [のりこす]
(v5s) to ride past; to pass; to outdistance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 呉越同舟 [ごえつどうしゅう]
(n) bitter enemies (placed by fate) in the same boat [K] [D] [Jisho] - 超越 [ちょうえつ]
(n) transcendental [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.