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超

chāo

jump over

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components
走 meaning component

走  Meaning component

zǒu

  

walk

召 sound component

召  Sound component

zhào, shào

  

summon

Evolution

超 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
超 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
超 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
超 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
超 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

超  

chāo

jump over, leap over; surpass; to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-

Most common words with 超
Freq.
Word
Meaning

超

to exceed

超过

to surpass

超级

super-

超越

to surpass

超人

superhuman

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tʰr[a]w

trhjew

chāo

leap over, surpass


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 61.3968% of movies

567th most common character in movies

754th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+8D85

Shuowen

“超，跳也。从走，召聲。”


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