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越
On'yomi
エツ・オツ
ETSU / OTSU
Kun'yomi
こ.す・-こ.す・-ご.し・こ.える・-ご.え
kosu / kosu / goshi / koeru / goe
surpass · cross over · move to · exceed · Vietnam
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Details
Strokes12
Frequency#897
Radical走run(7)
Stroke Order
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Strokes12
Component Breakdown
越=
走戉
走 + 戉
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of run and axe. Running over.
Symbolism
Transcend, cross border, excel. Represents surpassing.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Crossing the border
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
呉越同舟
ごえつどうしゅう
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows; bitter enemies in the same boat
越権行為
えっけんこうい
exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities; exceeding one's authority
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
契りきな かたみに袖を しぼりつつ 末の松山 波越さじとは
Poem #42 from Hyakunin Isshu
清原元輔Kiyohara no Motosuke
10th century