越 (kosu) Kanji Meaning: "Surpass" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: Run with an axe across: go over.

越 means surpass

cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam

Run with an axe across: go over.

On'yomi

  • エツetsu
  • オツotsu

Kun'yomi

  • こ(す)kosu
  • ご(し)goshi
  • こ(える)koeru
  • ご(え)goe

How it's built

  • 走run
  • 戉

Common words

  • 越すこすto cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across
  • 越後えちごEchigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
  • 上越じょうえつarea on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
  • 越冬えっとうpassing the winter; hibernation

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