The kanji 越: meaning, readings and stroke order

越

Meaning: go over, cross
On reading: エツ etsu
Kun reading: こ（す） kosu、こ（える） koeru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 走 run
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vượt qua (việt)
Japanese: こえる。こす。
Korean: 넘다 (월)
Chinese: 越过

Readings, words and example sentences

エツ etsu · on reading · less common

優ゆう越えつ
superiority, being better than others
勝って 優ゆう越えつ感をもちました。
After I won, I felt better than the others.

こ（す） kosu · kun reading

引ひっ越こす
to move (house)
来月となりの町に 引っ越しますひっこします。
Next month we are moving to the next town.

こ（える） koeru · kun reading

越こえる
to go over, to cross
山を 越こえて 海に出ます。
We go over the mountain and come out at the sea.

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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.