Chinese Character Wiki
越

yuè

exceed

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

Components
走 meaning component

走  Meaning component

zǒu

  

walk

戉 sound component

戉  Sound component

yuè

  

battle-axe

Evolution

越 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
越 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
越 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
越 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

越  

yuè

exceed, go beyond; the more ...; to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more

越  

Yuè

generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南

Most common words with 越
Freq.
Word
Meaning

越

to exceed

越来越

more and more

越南

Vietnam

穿越

to pass through

超越

to surpass

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

樾

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷat

hjwot

yuè

pass over


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 58.4334% of movies

546th most common character in movies

440th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+8D8A

Shuowen

“越，度也。从走，戊聲。”


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