超
超 — Transcend
transcend, super-, ultra-
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiこえる (koeru)
Kun’yomiこす (kosu)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 超
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 超党派 | ちょうとうは choutouha | suprapartisan; multiparty; bipartisan |
| 超電導 | ちょうでんどう choudendou | superconductivity; super-conductivity |
| 超過 | ちょうか chouka | excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.) |
| 超音波 | ちょうおんぱ chouonpa | ultrasonic waves; ultrasound |
| 超 | ちょう chou | super-; ultra-; hyper- |
| 超越 | ちょうえつ chouetsu | transcendence; transcendency |
Study notes
超 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #597 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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