The kanji 超: meaning, readings and stroke order
超
- Meaning
- exceed, super
- On reading
- チョウ chou
- Kun reading
- こ(える) koeru、こ(す) kosu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 走 run
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vượt quá, siêu (siêu)
- Japanese
- こえる。なみはずれて いる。
- Korean
- 넘다, 뛰어넘다 (초)
- Chinese
- 超过、超级
Readings, words and example sentences
チョウ chou · on reading
超人
superhuman, superman
超人のような 力です。
That strength is like a superhuman's.
こ(える) koeru · kun reading
超える
to go over, to exceed
気温が 三十度を 超えます。
The temperature goes over thirty degrees.
こ(す) kosu · kun reading · less common
超す
to go over, to be more than
百人を 超して 集まりました。
More than a hundred people came together.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.