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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

597 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: transcend, super-, ultra-

Kunyomi: こ.える, こ.す

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition: 走 召

超

Radical

Radical: 走

Reading: そうにょう

Meaning: run

Strokes: 7

Reading: そうにょう

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Examples

Examples with audio

超人(ちょうじん)   superman

超特急(ちょうとっきゅう)   super express

超音波(ちょうおんぱ)   ultrasonic waves

超自然的な(ちょうしぜんてきな)   supernatural

超然たる(ちょうぜんたる)   transcendental

超過する(ちょうかする)   exceed, be more than

超越する(ちょうえつする)   transcend, rise above

超す(こす)   cross, pass [v.i.]

超える(こえる)   exceed, cross over [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

超 (チョウ) super-, ultra-, hyper-, extreme, extremely, really, totally, absolutely, over, more than

超音波 (チョウオンパ) ultrasonic waves, ultrasound

出超 (シュッチョウ) excess of exports, favorable balance of trade, favourable balance of trade

入超 (ニュウチョウ) excess of imports

Kunyomi Examples

越える (こえる) to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past, to exceed, to surpass, to be more (than)

越す (こす) to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to get over (e.g. hardship), to pass time (e.g. a winter), to surpass, to be better than, to exceed, to move house, to go, to come

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