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越 kanji
surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
エツオツ
Kun readings
こす-こす-ごしこえる-ごえ
Words with 越
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1優越supremacy; predominance; being superior to
- —越境Popularcrossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
- —越権Populargoing beyond authority; unauthorized; unauthorised; ultra vires
- —越冬Popularpassing the winter; hibernation
- —越年Popularseeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation; playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- —上越Populararea on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
- —卓越Popularpreeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
- —超越Populartranscendence; transcendency
- —中越PopularChūetsu (region in Niigata); China and Vietnam; Sino-Vietnamese
- —優越感Popularsuperiority complex; sense of superiority
- —呉越同舟Popularbitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows
- —越Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
- —越南Vietnam
- —呉越Wu and Yue (two rival states in ancient China)
- —信越region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
- —僭越presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
- —激越violent; vehement
- —飛越jumping over (a hurdle); clearing (a fence); hurdling
- —越訴appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
- —越流overflow