越
越·cross over, exceed
- On-yomi
- エツ
- Kun-yomi
- こえるこす
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 越える | こえる | to cross over, to exceed |
| 越す | こす | to cross, to move (house) |
| 引っ越し | ひっこし | moving house |
| 年越し | としこし | seeing in the new year |
Example sentences
この山を越えると海が見えます。
このやまをこえるとうみがみえます。
Once you cross this mountain you can see the sea.
来月、東京に引っ越します。
らいげつ、とうきょうにひっこします。
I'm moving to Tokyo next month.
この町の人口は十万人を越えたそうだ。
このまちのじんこうはじゅうまんにんをこえたそうだ。
The population of this town has apparently passed one hundred thousand.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 引っ越し as *ひきこし; it is ひっこし
- Using 越える for a road crossing — crossing a street is 渡る
Memory aid
Picture it
The runner radical (走) with a halberd swinging over it — running and leaping over the top.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 乗り越えるのりこえるto overcome, climb over
- 越すこすto cross over, to go past; to exceed; to move house; (as お越し) to come, to go (honorific)
- 越えるこえるto cross over, to go beyond, to get past
- 引っ越しひっこしmoving (house)
- 引っ越すひっこすto move (house)
- 追い越すおいこすto overtake
- 乗り越しのりこしriding past one's stop
- 引越しひっこしmoving house, changing residence
- 超越ちょうえつtranscendence
- 僭越せんえつpresumptuous, forward
- 持ち越すもちこすto carry over
- 呉越同舟ごえつどうしゅうenemies in the same boat
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