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越

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • surpass
  • cross over
  • move to
  • exceed
  • Vietnam

On'yomi (音読み)

  • エツ
  • オツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • こ.す
  • -こ.す
  • -ご.し
  • こ.える
  • -ご.え
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#625
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
走#156 · run

Components

Common Words

  • 越すこすGodanto cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across
  • 越境えっきょうNouncrossing a border (illegally), border violation, border transgression
  • 越権えっけんNoungoing beyond authority, unauthorized, unauthorised, ultra vires
  • 越冬えっとうNounpassing the winter, hibernation
  • 越年えつねんNounseeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation
  • 越後えちごNounEchigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
  • 越しごしNounacross, over, beyond, through, crossing
  • 越えるこえるIchidanto cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past

Practice in Kanjiru

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